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 tells the U.S. Secretary of State to deliver a report about the State Department’s Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau. The report must explain what the Bureau uniquely does, decide whether it should continue to exist, and lay out the costs of keeping it versus shutting it down. It must also include a plan for which jobs or duties would move to other parts of the State Department if the Bureau is dissolved. The report goes to the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees within 180 days after the bill becomes law.

Key points

• Who is affected: The State Department, especially the Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau, and the congressional foreign affairs committees.
• What changes: Requires a detailed assessment, cost analysis of keeping or dissolving the Bureau, and a plan for moving any functions or staff if needed.
• When: The report is due no later than 180 days after the bill is enacted.