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{{Short description|U.S. federal law enforcement agency}} | {{Short description|U.S. federal law enforcement agency}} | ||
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|OrganizationName= United States Secret Service | |||
|OrganizationType= Executive Departments (Sub-organization) | |||
|Mission= The Secret Service is responsible for protecting the nation's leaders, safeguarding the financial and critical infrastructure of the United States, and combating crimes involving financial systems and electronic crimes. | |||
|OrganizationExecutive= Director of the United States Secret Service | |||
|Employees= 7000 | |||
|Budget= $2.5 billion (Fiscal Year 2023) | |||
|Website= https://www.secretservice.gov | |||
|Services= Protection of national leaders; Financial and cybercrime investigations; Protection of visiting foreign heads of state | |||
|ParentOrganization= United States Department of Homeland Security | |||
|CreationLegislation= Act of Congress on July 5, 1865 | |||
|Regulations= | |||
|HeadquartersLocation= 38.894173, -77.027576 | |||
|HeadquartersAddress= 950 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20223, USA | |||
}} | |||
The '''United States Secret Service''' ('''USSS''' or '''Secret Service''') is a [[Federal law enforcement in the United States|federal law enforcement]] agency under the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to U.S. political leaders, their families, and visiting heads of state or government.<ref name="crs report">{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34603.pdf |title=The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions|last=Resse |first=Shawn|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=April 18, 2012|publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]|archive-date=April 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418201206/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34603.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The Secret Service was, [[United States Department of the Treasury#2003 reorganization|until 2003]], part of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]], due to their initial mandate of combating [[Counterfeit United States currency|counterfeiting of U.S. currency]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/us/secret-service-fast-facts/index.html |date=May 3, 2019 |title=Secret Service Fast Facts |publisher=CNN |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531070231/https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/us/secret-service-fast-facts/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The agency has protected U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since 1901.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/webstories/feature/secret-service-all-about-us-elite-force-20543|title=SECRET SERVICE: ALL ABOUT US ELITE FORCE |website=[[NDTV]]}}</ref> | |||
==Primary missions== | ==Primary missions== | ||