I will establish and maintain a State Department program to recruit, train, and retain specialized disaster assistance professionals.

Brian J. Mast · Florida · Republican

policy impact 0.56 specificity 0.83 extraction confidence 80%

Occurrences

establish and maintain a program to recruit, train, and retain specialized disaster assistance professionals within the State Department

H.R.5300 would create and maintain a State Department program for specialized disaster assistance professionals.

Text - H.R.5300 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Department of State Policy Provisions Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Evidence

Congress.gov lists H.R.5300 as sponsored by Rep. Brian J. Mast, introduced 09/11/2025. The CRS summary says the bill would require the State Department to establish and maintain a program to recruit, train, and retain specialized disaster assistance professionals.

Mast introduced a bill containing the promised State Department disaster-assistance-professionals program, which is concrete legislative effort but not itself implementation.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.5300 - Department of State Policy Provisions Act, 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Section 604 states that the Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance shall establish and maintain a recruitment, training, and retention program for specialized disaster assistance professionals within the Department.

The introduced statutory text directly matches the promise language and specifies the program's purpose, skills, and training requirements.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.5300 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Department of State Policy Provisions Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

Congress.gov shows latest action on 09/18/2025: ordered to be reported amended by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, 27-24. The tracker still says the bill has status Introduced, with later steps Passed House, Passed Senate, To President, and Became Law not completed.

The bill advanced in committee but had not passed the House or become law, so the promised program was not established through this legislation as of the available record.

never same_term A for effort

Actions - H.R.5300 - Department of State Policy Provisions Act
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The all-actions list records introduction and referral on 09/11/2025, committee markup on 09/17/2025 and 09/18/2025, and committee order to report amended on 09/18/2025. No subsequent House passage, Senate passage, presentment, or public-law action is listed.

Official action history confirms concrete movement but no enactment, supporting failure to deliver with an effort badge.

never same_term A for effort

Actions - H.R.5300 - Department of State Policy Provisions Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Mast sponsored H.R.5300 in the 119th Congress, and the bill text directly included a requirement for the State Department to establish and maintain a recruitment, training, and retention program for specialized disaster assistance professionals. That is a serious legislative attempt and materially matches the promise. However, the bill remained at the Introduced/committee-reported stage, with no House passage, Senate passage, presentment, enactment, or evidence that the State Department actually established the program. Therefore the promised outcome was not delivered, but the effort badge is warranted.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%