,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijgb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ah1 #bjbd,mr4 
,pfluger 7for himself and ,mr4 ,gimenez7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of ,homeland ,security to    
provide candidates with a justification 
for candidate protection determinations4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,counter ,secretary        
,negligence ,in ,protecting ,election   
,runners ,act or the ,counter ,,sniper  
,act4  #b4 ,presidential candidate      
protection ,section #cjef of title #ah1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7h7   
7#a7 ,in the case that the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security determines that any
 ,presidential candidate requesting a   
protective detail or an increase in     
assigned protective detail resources is 
not eligible for such detail or         
increased resources for the purpose of  

this section1 the ,secretary shall      
submit to the candidate and the advisory
 committee1 within #ad days after such a
 request is made1 a written notice of   
the ,secretary's determination1         
indicating the criteria that such       
candidates failed to meet for such      
purpose4  7#b7 ,any ,presidential       
candidate may submit to the ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security a written request
 to reconsider the determination        
described in paragraph 7#a71 which may  
include facts to support that the       
criteria specified by the ,secretary of 
,homeland ,security have been met for   
the purpose of this section4  7#c7 ,not 
later than #ad days after a request for 
reconsideration is submitted under      
paragraph 7#b71 the ,secretary of       
,homeland ,security shall review such   
request and submit to the ,presidential 
candidate a written notice of the       
,secretary's final determination on     
whether the criteria have been met for  
the purpose of this section1 and provide

 a copy of such final determination to  
the advisory committee4  4