I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6238 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 6, 2023 Mr. Baird introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 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.

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 .