Senators reintroduce bipartisan bill to make Secret Service director a Senate confirmed position

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto on Friday reintroduced legislation to require Senate confirmation for a nominee for Secret Service director.

The Providing Real Oversight and Transparency to Effectively Counter Threats Act follows President Donald Trump having survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last year, despite Secret Service protection. 

The lawmakers the nominee need Senate confirmation because the upper chamber confirms the heads of other federal law enforcement agencies including FBI director, the head of Immigration & Customs Enforcement and the administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

“The Secret Service Director is responsible for a critical agency where life and death are at stake," Grassley said in a statement. "This agency and its leadership require serious congressional oversight to ensure they’re held to a very high standard, so that the failure we saw in Butler last year is never repeated. 

"Our bipartisan PROTECT Act is a crucial step towards providing the American people the transparency and accountability they deserve from the Secret Service," he added.

The act also confirms Secret Service directors to a single 10-year term.

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