[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6238 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6238

To require the Secretary of State to report a Government Accountability 
 Office High Risk List for weaknesses in the department's information 
   technology acquisitions and operations, human capital management, 
 Federal real property, and personal security clearance of the United 
                                States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 2023

  Mr. Baird introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of State to report a Government Accountability 
 Office High Risk List for weaknesses in the department's information 
   technology acquisitions and operations, human capital management, 
 Federal real property, and personal security clearance of the United 
                                States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO HIGH RISK LIST RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall implement the Government 
Accountability Office's High Risk List recommendations as applicable to 
the Department of State for--
            (1) improving the management of information technology 
        acquisitions and operations;
            (2) improving strategic human capital management;
            (3) managing Federal real property;
            (4) ensuring the cybersecurity of the United States; and
            (5) managing Government-wide personnel security clearance 
        process.
    (b) Report.--Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall report to the appropriate congressional committees 
the Department of States progress in implementing all of the Government 
Accountability Office's High Risk List recommendations as applicable to 
the Department of State mentioned in subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
            (2) High risk list.--The term ``High Risk List'' refers to 
        GAO-08-751, the April 20, 2023, report by the Government 
        Accountability Office titled ``High-Risk Series: Efforts Made 
        to Achieve Progress Need to Be Maintained and Expanded to Fully 
        Address All Areas''.
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