119-hr1516

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

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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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