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On December 26, 2007, President | On December 26, 2007, President George W. Bush signed H.R. 2764 [[Omnibus spending bill]] into law which included a provision that FPS maintains, by July 31, 2008, not fewer than 1,200 full-time staff and 900 full-time Police Officers, Inspectors, and Special Agents who, while working, are directly engaged on a daily basis protecting and enforcing laws at Federal buildings.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} This amendment to H.R. 2674 was introduced by [[Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton]] and was successfully included in the bill and signed into law largely due to the efforts of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 918-FPS and the [[grassroots]] efforts of its membership.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} | ||
In March 2008, Del. [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], chair of the responsible House of Representatives subcommittee, said, "We're seeing the near collapse of the Federal Protective Service". A GAO report, which included incidents that occurred before H.R. 2764 passed, documented lapses that had occurred on federal government property, including the theft of a trailer of surveillance equipment from an FBI parking deck. A GAO investigator <!-- Does the report itself specifically blame budget cuts? -->said that budget cuts were causing reduced effectiveness. The service has seen its budget and staff cut since it became a part of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] in March 2003.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/14/federal.security/index.html Lawmaker: U.S. security agency faltering]. CNN.com (2008-03-14). Retrieved on 2013-07-23.</ref> | In March 2008, Del. [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], chair of the responsible House of Representatives subcommittee, said, "We're seeing the near collapse of the Federal Protective Service". A GAO report, which included incidents that occurred before H.R. 2764 passed, documented lapses that had occurred on federal government property, including the theft of a trailer of surveillance equipment from an FBI parking deck. A GAO investigator <!-- Does the report itself specifically blame budget cuts? -->said that budget cuts were causing reduced effectiveness. The service has seen its budget and staff cut since it became a part of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] in March 2003.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/14/federal.security/index.html Lawmaker: U.S. security agency faltering]. CNN.com (2008-03-14). Retrieved on 2013-07-23.</ref> | ||