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The bill provides federal funding and clearer federal authority to reimburse extraordinary protection costs—reducing local budget pressure and improving oversight—but it increases federal spending and administrative burdens, creates potential coverage gaps and legal ambiguity, and raises privacy and responsiveness trade‑offs for local governments and protected sites.
State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and their law enforcement will be able to receive federal grants/reimbursements to cover extraordinary security and protection costs, reducing local budget burdens and clarifying federal responsibility for protecting covered persons and sites.
Federal oversight and reporting requirements (OIG audits, Congressional reporting, and IG recommendation implementation) increase transparency and accountability for how protection grants are spent and should improve program performance over time.
Clear limits on reimbursable expenses (only personnel hours directly protecting covered private residences/offices; equipment restricted to property‑protection needs; reimbursement when the protected person is present or traveling; Secret Service approval) reduce the risk of wasteful or unrelated spending.
The bill authorizes new federal spending (about $183M over three years) and could increase ongoing taxpayer costs or deficits depending on appropriations and may create additional demands on DHS funding if not fully appropriated.
Complying with certification, documentation, reporting, and audit requirements will increase administrative burdens and costs for DHS and for state/local grantees (tracking man‑hours, certifying excess costs, preparing audit documentation).
Narrow eligibility rules and reimbursement windows (only law enforcement applicants in some cases, costs only when protected person is present/traveling, exclusion of short‑term lodging) could leave properties, guests, or venues without needed protection and shift costs or risk to local communities or private parties.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Creates a DHS grant program to reimburse state, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement for Secret Service‑designated protection of private properties and authorizes $61M/year for 2026–2028.
Introduced March 9, 2026 by Greg Landsman · Last progress March 9, 2026
Creates a DHS‑administered grant program that reimburses State, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement for extraordinary protection activities tied to non‑governmental properties the U.S. Secret Service designates for protection of certain covered individuals. The program sets eligibility and use limits, requires certifications and annual audits and reports, excludes short‑term lodging from coverage, and authorizes $61 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2028 to carry out the program.