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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1385
To require the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, to develop a strategy to increase membership in the Comprehen-
sive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement, and for other pur-
poses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY14, 2025
Mrs. M
ILLERof West Virginia (for herself and Mr. PANETTA) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To require the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, to develop a strategy to increase
membership in the Comprehensive Security Integration
and Prosperity Agreement, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Co-4
operation and Security in the Middle East Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. REPORT AND STRATEGY ON INCREASING MEMBER-1
SHIP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY IN-2
TEGRATION AND PROSPERITY AGREEMENT. 3
(a) R
EPORT.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 5
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-6
retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 7
Defense, shall develop and submit to the appropriate 8
congressional committees a report that includes a 9
strategy to increase membership in the Comprehen-10
sive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement 11
(CSIPA), done at Washington, DC on September 9– 12
13, 2023. 13
(2) E
LEMENTS.—The report required by para-14
graph (1) shall also include— 15
(A) an analysis of— 16
(i) the comprehensive strategic bene-17
fits of CSIPA, including improving joint 18
military readiness in the Middle East, en-19
hancing shared economic interests, collabo-20
rating on advanced technological and sci-21
entific pursuits, and building stronger re-22
gional alliances to improve stability and 23
counter mutual threats; 24
(ii) the role of CSIPA in supporting 25
rapid and effective responses following the 26
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Houthi attacks on merchant vessels the 1
Red Sea that occurred since October 7, 2
2023; 3
(iii) how the CSIPA framework can 4
leverage the United States Navy’s Fifth 5
Fleet headquartered in Bahrain for pro-6
jecting strength in the region and sup-7
porting immediate responses to imminent 8
threats posed by the Islamic Republic of 9
Iran or other adversaries of the United 10
States; 11
(iv) the long-term benefits of widened 12
membership in CSIPA; 13
(v) how the framework of CSIPA can 14
be altered to foster broader regional secu-15
rity integration, bolster mutual deterrence 16
against external threats, and expand co-17
operation in the fields of commerce, 18
science, and technology; 19
(vi) requirements for resources and 20
capabilities that can be provided to expand 21
CSIPA membership; and 22
(vii) domestic and regional factors or 23
barriers among allied countries of the 24
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United States and Bahrain that may be 1
limiting the expansion of CSIPA; and 2
(B) recommendations for areas of further 3
collaboration between the United States and 4
other CSIPA members. 5
(b) S
TRATEGY.— 6
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 7
after the submission of the report required by sub-8
section (a), the Secretary of State shall develop and 9
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 10
a strategy on how to best engage allied countries in 11
the Middle East and outside of the Middle East to 12
join CSIPA and affirmative steps the Administration 13
can take to increase membership in that agreement. 14
(2) B
RIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 15
days after the date on which the Secretary develops 16
the strategy required by this subsection, the Sec-17
retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 18
committees a briefing on a plan for implementing 19
the strategy. 20
(c) F
ORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 21
and the strategy required by subsection (b) shall be sub-22
mitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 23
annex. 24
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(d) APPROPRIATECONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 1
D
EFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-2
gressional committees’’ means— 3
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 4
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-5
resentatives; and 6
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 7
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 8
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