Centralize all State–Congress contact through Bureau of Legislative Affairs
Mandate insists authorized department engagements with Congress must be driven and handled by political leadership via Legislative Affairs, preventing freelancing by bureaus.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 6 (Department of State) — Bureau of Legislative Affairs: Secretary and political leadership should ensure authorized department engagements with Congress are driven and handled through proper Legislative Affairs channels (political control of Hill contact).
Undo plan
1) Restore subject-matter bureau briefings to Congress alongside H coordination.
2) Prohibit retaliation against employees providing lawful disclosures to oversight committees.
3) Publish congressional engagement guidelines protecting whistleblowers.
4) Maintain timely responses to bipartisan information requests.
5) Verify: committee access logs; whistleblower complaint trends.
Sources
- https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
- https://archive.org/stream/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL_djvu.txt
- https://whatisproject2025.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-06.pdf
- https://whatisproject2025.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2025_MandateForLeadership_SECTION-02.pdf