On 2006.02.13, at 16:37, Gregory Hicks wrote:

The big change here is that the SecreT Service UD is moved from the Treasury Department to the Department of Homeland Defense... except as designated by the Prez... when it moves to SecState...

3 USC 202 (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode03/ usc_sec_03_00000202----000-.html) already has the SSUD under DHS. The powers to carry firearms, make arrests, and "perform other duties" are not currently given explicitly, but I'd assume they're encompassed under "privileges and powers similar to those of the members of the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia," unless Congress is planning to disarm the Metropolian Police sometime soon. /jgt -- http://tamboli.cx/