To require the Secretary of State to report an assessment of the Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau, including whether the Bureau should be maintained, explanations of its function, and cost analysis of the Bureau.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1516 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1516

   To require the Secretary of State to report an assessment of the
  Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau, including whether the
  Bureau should be maintained, explanations of its function, and cost
                        analysis of the Bureau.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2025

  Mr. Baird introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

   To require the Secretary of State to report an assessment of the
  Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau, including whether the
  Bureau should be maintained, explanations of its function, and cost
                        analysis of the Bureau.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORT ON FUNCTION OF CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS
              BUREAU.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State submit a report to the
appropriate congressional committees no more than 180 days after the
passage of this bill concerning the Conflict and Stabilization
Operations Bureau (referred to as the ``Bureau'').
    (b) Composition.--The report shall consist of--
            (1) a bottom-line assessment as to whether the Bureau
        should be maintained;
            (2) an explanation of the unique function the Bureau
        serves;
            (3) an analysis of the costs associated with the function
        of the Bureau, including--
                    (A) potential costs related to the dissolution of
                the Bureau; and
                    (B) potential savings, both immediate and long-
                term, related to the dissolution of the Bureau; and
            (4) a plan detailing which, if any, functions or personnel
        of the Bureau would be absorbed by other Bureaus at the
        Department.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--The term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means the House of Representatives Committee
on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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