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The bill standardizes the statutory name for Secret Service uniformed personnel to reduce ambiguity and improve administrative consistency, at the risk of short-term operational confusion and possible changes in how certain criminal provisions are interpreted.
Law-enforcement (Secret Service uniformed personnel), federal employees, and relevant agencies will have a single, consistent statutory name for Secret Service uniformed personnel, reducing legal ambiguity and enabling offices (OPM, DOJ, Treasury) to apply personnel and pay rules more consistently.
Law enforcement could face changed legal interpretations because replacing 'Uniformed Division' with 'Police' in 18 U.S.C. § 709 may alter how criminal provisions and authorities apply to that unit.
Secret Service officers and federal HR/record-keeping systems may experience short-term confusion about authorities, records, and procedures until statutes, regulations, and agency guidance are fully updated.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Standardizes statutory language by replacing "Uniformed Division" (Secret Service) with a new term across multiple U.S. Code provisions and, in one citation, changes the reference to "Police."
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
Replaces the statutory phrase "Uniformed Division" used for the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division with a different term across multiple federal statutes and amends two headings; in one place it replaces the term with the word "Police." The changes are editorial updates to align wording in Titles 2, 5, 10, 18, 28, and 31 and do not create new programs, funding, duties, or regulatory requirements. The bill is limited in scope to coordinated text changes in existing statutes; it primarily standardizes terminology used to refer to the Uniformed Division (and in one citation, changes the reference to "Police"). There are no appropriations, new mandates, or effective-date provisions included in the two sections provided.