Hawkeye Reporter

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) have reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would require future directors of the United States Secret Service to be confirmed by the Senate and serve a single, 10-year term.

Grassley said, "The Secret Service Director is responsible for a critical agency where life and death are at stake. 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."

Cortez Masto added, "The men and women of the Secret Service have an incredible responsibility, and we must support them and their work. Our bipartisan PROTECT Act will make the Secret Service Director a Senate-confirmed position with a ten-year term, ensuring the same level of oversight as other federal law enforcement agencies while protecting against politicization."

This legislative effort follows an incident on July 13, 2025, when an assailant opened fire at President Donald Trump during a campaign rally. Despite USSS protection, Trump was injured; one attendee was killed and two others were seriously wounded.

Currently, leaders of several federal law enforcement agencies—including the FBI, DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, ATF, ICE, and CBP—are already subject to Senate confirmation.