SHIELD Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5166 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5166 To provide major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates with the same level of Secret Service protection as Presidents and Vice Presidents, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Mr. Tillis introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates with the same level of Secret Service protection as Presidents and Vice Presidents, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Highly Important Electoral Leaders from Danger Act'' or the ``SHIELD Act''. SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. Section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is ame…