A week after the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the Senate unanimously passed a bill to strengthen Secret Service protection for presidential candidates.
of invoiceHR9106, also known as the Presidential National Security Enhancement Act of 2024, Introduced The July 23, 2024, shooting took place by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) shortly after suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at a President Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13.
The vote came days after the House passed the bill unanimously, 405-0.
“The bill that @RepRitchie and I created to provide for @realDonaldTrump and the @VP's strengthened Secret Service passed unanimously in the Senate after passing 405-0 in the House,” Lawler said. post Regarding X. “Now being sent to @POTUS for signature. Elections should be decided by the ballot box, not assassins.”
The bill would have the “Director of the United States Secret Service” “apply the same standards in determining” how many agents are needed to protect the president, vice president, and presidential and vice presidential nominees.
The bill also mandates a “comprehensive review of Secret Service protection measures for the President, Vice President, former Presidents, and major presidential and vice presidential candidates,” and requires the Secret Service to submit a report “to the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee” on “the results of such review” and recommendations on how to improve protection.
The bill was passed after Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested on September 15, while President Trump was playing golf, after Secret Service agents found the barrel of an AK-style rifle through a fence while he was hiding in bushes near the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach.
