Congressional notification regarding changes to bureau jurisdiction

(a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Management and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, shall, not later than 60 days before making any change to the geographic or functional jurisdiction of any bureau of the Department, including by adding or removing countries or otherwise changing the scope of responsibilities under the purview of such bureau, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of such proposed change, including— (1) a justification for such change; (2) a description of the expected operational, programmatic, or policy implications for any bureau affected by such change; (3) any proposed or anticipated staffing changes as a result of such change; and (4) the anticipated cost or savings of such change. (b) Appropriate congressional committees defined In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.