119th (2025–2027)
H.R. 1516
H.R. 1516 requires the Secretary of State to conduct and submit a detailed assessment of the Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau within 180 days of the bill's passage. The report must evaluate whether the bureau should continue operating, explain its unique functions, and provide a full cost analysis including expenses for shutting it down and potential savings from dissolution. The legislation also requires the State Department to outline which of the bureau's functions and staff, if any, would be transferred to other departmental offices. The assessment will be submitted to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee, giving Congress the information needed to decide the bureau's future.