Posted on 01/11/2013 7:46:52 AM PST by grundle
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill granting lifetime Secret Service protection to former presidents and their wives.
The measure Obama signed Thursday applies to presidents elected after Jan. 1, 1997, specifically Obama and former President George W. Bush. It reverses a 1994 law that ended Secret Service protection 10 years after a president leaves office. Under that law, the Homeland Security secretary could extend such protection on a temporary basis.
A sponsor of the bill, Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, says increased terrorist threats and the greater mobility and youth of former presidents made the change necessary.
The new law also authorizes Secret Service protection for the children of former presidents until they turn 16.
The bill is H.R. 6620.
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Proof of Cowardice.
Obama is frightened of life after the White House.
And he is too chep to hire his own guns,
The bill was entitled “The Self-protection Act of 2012” or so I heard.
Don’t forget;
Whenever you refer to the POS as a POS, you must apologize to excrement.
112th Congress, 2011–2013. Text as of Jan 01, 2012 (Passed Congress/Enrolled Bill).
H.R.6620
One Hundred Twelfth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twelve
An Act
To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate certain limitations on the length of Secret Service Protection for former Presidents and for the children of former Presidents.
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 ‘Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATING CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON THE LENGTH OF SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS AND FOR THE CHILDREN OF FORMER PRESIDENTS.
(a) Former Presidents- Section 3056(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘unless the former President did not’ and all that follows through ‘warrant such protection’.
(b) Children of Former Presidents- Section 3056(a)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘for a period’ and all that follows through ‘comes first’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
one can only wonder how many death threats the Messiah receives per day
I'm sorry, but that made me laugh.
Right! Clear proof that dip$hit thinks he might be offed after ten years.
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