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.
This bill would require the Secretary of State to deliver to Congress a comprehensive assessment of the Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) Bureau within the Department of State. The report, due within 180 days after passage, must answer whether the Bureau should be maintained, explain the Bureau’s unique function, provide a cost analysis (including costs if the Bureau were dissolved and potential savings from dissolution), and lay out a plan for how any of its functions or personnel would be absorbed by other parts of the Department. The reporting requirement is aimed at two congressional committees (House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations) and could pave the way for reorganizing or consolidating CSO’s activities within the State Department, depending on the assessment’s findings.
Key Points
- 1Requires a Secretary of State report within 180 days addressing the CSO Bureau.
- 2The report must include a bottom-line assessment on whether the Bureau should be maintained.
- 3The report must explain the Bureau’s unique function and why it exists.
- 4The report must analyze costs, including dissolution costs and potential immediate and long-term savings if the Bureau were dissolved.
- 5The report must include a plan detailing how CSO’s functions or personnel would be absorbed by other State Department bureaus, if at all.