Project 2025 Tracker / What’s done, what’s next

5. Department of Homeland Security · Major · Needs Congress

Split the Secret Service between DOJ and Treasury

Not started

134 5. Department of Homeland Security

“The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) be divided in two, with the protective element moved to DOJ and the financial enforcement element moved to the Department of the Treasury.”

What has happened

  1. Not started

    No bill or plan splits the Secret Service between DOJ and Treasury. The one transfer bill, H.R. 8702 (2026-05-07), would move the whole Service into the Executive Office of the President and has only been referred to committee.

    No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.

Research log

What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence

Research notes

  • H.R. 8702 Secret Service Transfer Act of 2026 (Moskowitz, Fry; introduced 2026-05-07, referred to Judiciary and Homeland Security, subcommittee referral 2026-05-08). Text read at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr8702ih/html/BILLS-119hr8702ih.htm: transfers “all functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities” of the Service to the Executive Office of the President, keeping it whole. Different destination and no division of protective from financial functions — not the ask.
  • Other Secret Service bills in Congress (H.R. 56, 4364, 7876, 8058, 9503) concern prioritization, recordings, local partnerships, a reserve fund and the uniformed division. Titles only.
  • Federal Register full-text “Secret Service” transfer “Department of the Treasury” protective since 2025-01-20: one unrelated OPM notice.
Action
transfer
Object
U.S. Secret Service
ID
275