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The bill standardizes the statutory name for Secret Service uniformed personnel to reduce administrative ambiguity and improve consistent application of personnel and pay rules, but it risks short-term operational confusion and could change how certain criminal statutes are interpreted and applied.
Federal law enforcement personnel and federal HR/administrative offices (e.g., Secret Service uniformed personnel, OPM, DOJ, Treasury) will have a single, consistent statutory title, making it easier to apply personnel and pay rules and reducing administrative inconsistencies across agencies.
Secret Service and other law enforcement actors — replacing 'Uniformed Division' with 'Police' in 18 U.S.C. § 709 may alter legal interpretations of criminal provisions that reference the unit, potentially affecting prosecutions, enforcement authority, or court outcomes.
Federal employees and law enforcement — changing the statutory name could cause short-term confusion about authorities, records, or personnel treatment until all statutory references, agency guidance, and administrative systems are updated.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Substitutes the statutory phrase used for the Secret Service "Uniformed Division" across multiple U.S. Code provisions and changes one criminal-code reference to "Police."
Changes statutory language that refers to the United States Secret Service "Uniformed Division," replacing that phrase with a different term throughout federal law and updating two headings; one citation in the criminal code is changed to use the word "Police." The amendments are editorial and technical across multiple titles of the U.S. Code and do not create new duties, funding, deadlines, or regulatory requirements.
Official title: To change the name of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to the United States Secret Service Police.
Introduced June 29, 2026 by John Henry Rutherford · Last progress June 29, 2026