S.Amdt. 3885

SA 3885. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _____. UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE.

(a) Transfer.--Title 28, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating chapter 37 as chapter 59; and
(2) by transferring chapter 59, as so redesignated, from
part II to part III so as to appear after chapter 58.
(b) Court Officers and Employees.--Chapter 59, as
redesignated by subsection (a), of title 28, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in section 561--
(A) by striking subsections (a) through (d) and inserting
the following:
``(a) There is hereby established a United States Marshals
Service as a bureau within the judicial branch of the United
States. There shall be at the head of the United States
Marshals Service (hereafter in this chapter referred to as
the `Service') a Director (hereafter in this chapter referred
to as the `Director') who shall be appointed by the Chief
Justice, in consultation with the Board established under
subsection (i) (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the
`Board'). The Director may be removed by the Board.
``(b) The Chief Justice of the United States shall appoint,
in consultation with the Board, a United States marshal for
each judicial district of the United States and for the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, except that any
marshal appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands may at the
same time serve as marshal in another judicial district. Each
United States marshal shall be an official of the Service and
shall serve under the direction of the Director.
``(c) Each marshal shall be appointed for a term of four
years. A marshal shall, unless that marshal has resigned or
been removed by the Chief Justice of the United States, in
consultation with the Board, continue to perform the duties
of that office after the end of that 4-year term until a
successor is appointed and qualifies.'';
(B) by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) as
subsections (d) through (h), respectively; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(i)(1) The activities of the Director shall be supervised
by a Board to be composed of--
``(A) the Chief Justice of the United States;
``(B) the Judicial Conference of the United States; and
``(C) the Director, who shall be an ex officio, nonvoting
member.
``(2) The Board shall establish general goals and
objectives covering the major functions and operations of the
Service to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the
operations of the Service.'';
(2) in section 562, by striking subsections (a) and (b) and
inserting the following:
``In the case of a vacancy in the office of a United States
marshal, the Chief Justice of the United States, shall
appoint a United States marshal to serve the remainder of the
4-year term.'';
(3) by striking section 564;
(4) by redesignating sections 565 and 566 as sections 564
and 565, respectively;
(5) in section 564, as so redesignated, by striking
``Attorney General'' and inserting ``Chief Justice of the
United States, in consultation with the Board'';
(6) in section 565, as so redesignated--
(A) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
``(e) The United States Marshals Service is authorized to
provide for the personal protection of Federal jurists, court
officers, witnesses, and other threatened persons in the
interests of justice where criminal intimidation impedes on
the functioning of the judicial process or any other official
proceeding.'';
(B) in subsection (h), by striking ``directed by the
Attorney General'' and inserting ``requested by the Attorney
General, and approved by the Director''; and
(C) in subsection (i), by striking the third sentence;
(7) by inserting after section 565, as so redesignated, the
following:

``Sec. 566. Assistance in other law enforcement matters

``At the request of the Attorney General, and with the
approval of the Director, the Service may assist the
Department of Justice with the following tasks:
``(1) Investigating such fugitive matters, both within and
outside the United States, as directed by the Attorney
General.
``(2) Issuing administrative subpoenas in accordance with
section 3486 of title 18, solely for the purpose of
investigating unregistered sex offenders (as defined in
section 3486).
``(3) Assisting State, local, and other Federal law
enforcement agencies, upon the request of such an agency, in
locating and recovering missing children.''; and
(8) in section 569(b), by striking ``President'' and
inserting ``Chief Justice, in consultation with the Board''.
(c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) The table of chapters for part III of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``59.  United States Marshals Service........................561''.....

(2) The table of contents for chapter 59, as redesignated
by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by read as
follows:

``Sec.
``561. United States Marshals Service.
``562. Vacancies.
``563. Oath of office.
``564. Expenses of the Service.
``565. Powers and duties.
``566. Assistance in other law enforcement matters.
``567. Collection of fees; accounting.
``568. Practice of law prohibited.
``569. Reemployment rights.''.
(3) Section 3002(16) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``, a deputy'' and all that follows
through the period at the end and inserting ``or a deputy
marshal.''
(4) Section 210G(k)(3)(C) of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(k)(3)(C)(ii)) is amended--
(A) in clause (ii), by striking subclause (I) and inserting
the following:

``(I) personal protection operations by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation as specified in section 533 of title 28,
United States Code;'';

(B) in clause (iii)(III), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(C) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(v) missions authorized to be performed by the judicial
branch, including personal protection operations by the
United States Marshals Service of Federal jurists, court
officers, witnesses, and other threatened persons in the
interests of justice, as specified in section 565(e) of title
28, United States Code.''.
(5) Section 142(a) of the Sex Offender Registration and
Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20941(a)) is amended--
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ``including the
United States Marshals Service'' and inserting ``including at
the request of the Attorney General, and with the approval of
the United States Marshals Service Director, the United
States Marshals Service may assist the Department of
Justice''; and
(B) by striking the second sentence.
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