# 119-hr-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.

119-hr-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., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1516
- Congress: 119
- Title: 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.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Creates a 180-day, cabinet-level accountability review of the State Department's Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau.** This bill would require the Secretary of State to deliver a report to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee within 180 days. The report must include a bottom-line recommendation on whether to maintain the Bureau, an explanation of the unique function the Bureau serves, an analysis of costs including potential dissolution costs and savings, and a plan for which functions and personnel would be absorbed by other State Department bureaus.

## Provisions PRIA read

- 180-day review of State conflict bureau: mixed, low. If enacted, the Secretary of State would have to send Congress a report within 180 days. The report would say whether to keep the Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau. It would explain what unique role the Bureau serves. It would analyze the Bureau’s current costs and the possible costs and…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1516 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1516)

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- [119-hr-5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5089)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1516 (as of 2025-12-21).