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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6255.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BAIRD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 184, November 7, 2023, Page H5544):
  ``Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: 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 and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6255, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 20, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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