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HR1516119th Congress

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.

Sponsored By: Representative Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]

Introduced

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.

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180-day review of State conflict bureau

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 savings, short- and long-term, if it were dissolved. It would also outline which functions or staff, if any, would move to other State Department bureaus. The report would go to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]

IN • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

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