SHIELD Act

This Act may be cited as the Securing Highly Important Electoral Leaders from Danger Act or the SHIELD Act.

Section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding the following:

(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the United States Secret Service shall provide major Presidential candidates, as identified under subsection (a)(7), with the same level of protection as the President and the President-elect.

(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the United States Secret Service shall provide major Vice Presidential candidates, as identified under subsection (a)(7), with the same level of protection as the Vice President and the Vice President-elect.

(3) In order to ensure that the same level of protection is provided under paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Secret Service shall take the following actions:

(A) Provide for the same policies and procedures as those applied to the President, the Vice President, the President-elect, and the Vice President-elect.

(B) Provide for the assignment of the same number of agents of the Secret Service to each individual.

(C) Provide for the same number and capability of hard assets.

(D) Provide for the same amount of resources for threat assessment.

(E) Any other actions the Director of the Secret Service determines are necessary to ensure parity in protections for major Presidential or Vice Presidential candidates.

(4) Major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates may agree not to receive protections equal to those of the President, Vice President, President-Elect, or Vice President-elect. Such agreement shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the advisory committee established under subsection (a)(7).

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There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.