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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1385
5	5	To require the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of
6	6	Defense, to develop a strategy to increase membership in the Comprehen-
7	7	sive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement, and for other pur-
8	8	poses.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	FEBRUARY14, 2025
11	11	Mrs. M
12	12	ILLERof West Virginia (for herself and Mr. PANETTA) introduced the
13	13	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To require the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
16	16	Secretary of Defense, to develop a strategy to increase
17	17	membership in the Comprehensive Security Integration
18	18	and Prosperity Agreement, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Co-4
23	23	operation and Security in the Middle East Act’’. 5
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27	27	SEC. 2. REPORT AND STRATEGY ON INCREASING MEMBER-1
28	28	SHIP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY IN-2
29	29	TEGRATION AND PROSPERITY AGREEMENT. 3
30	30	(a) R
31	31	EPORT.— 4
32	32	(1) I
33	33	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 5
34	34	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-6
35	35	retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 7
36	36	Defense, shall develop and submit to the appropriate 8
37	37	congressional committees a report that includes a 9
38	38	strategy to increase membership in the Comprehen-10
39	39	sive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement 11
40	40	(CSIPA), done at Washington, DC on September 9– 12
41	41	13, 2023. 13
42	42	(2) E
43	43	LEMENTS.—The report required by para-14
44	44	graph (1) shall also include— 15
45	45	(A) an analysis of— 16
46	46	(i) the comprehensive strategic bene-17
47	47	fits of CSIPA, including improving joint 18
48	48	military readiness in the Middle East, en-19
49	49	hancing shared economic interests, collabo-20
50	50	rating on advanced technological and sci-21
51	51	entific pursuits, and building stronger re-22
52	52	gional alliances to improve stability and 23
53	53	counter mutual threats; 24
54	54	(ii) the role of CSIPA in supporting 25
55	55	rapid and effective responses following the 26
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58	58	•HR 1385 IH
59	59	Houthi attacks on merchant vessels the 1
60	60	Red Sea that occurred since October 7, 2
61	61	2023; 3
62	62	(iii) how the CSIPA framework can 4
63	63	leverage the United States Navy’s Fifth 5
64	64	Fleet headquartered in Bahrain for pro-6
65	65	jecting strength in the region and sup-7
66	66	porting immediate responses to imminent 8
67	67	threats posed by the Islamic Republic of 9
68	68	Iran or other adversaries of the United 10
69	69	States; 11
70	70	(iv) the long-term benefits of widened 12
71	71	membership in CSIPA; 13
72	72	(v) how the framework of CSIPA can 14
73	73	be altered to foster broader regional secu-15
74	74	rity integration, bolster mutual deterrence 16
75	75	against external threats, and expand co-17
76	76	operation in the fields of commerce, 18
77	77	science, and technology; 19
78	78	(vi) requirements for resources and 20
79	79	capabilities that can be provided to expand 21
80	80	CSIPA membership; and 22
81	81	(vii) domestic and regional factors or 23
82	82	barriers among allied countries of the 24
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85	85	•HR 1385 IH
86	86	United States and Bahrain that may be 1
87	87	limiting the expansion of CSIPA; and 2
88	88	(B) recommendations for areas of further 3
89	89	collaboration between the United States and 4
90	90	other CSIPA members. 5
91	91	(b) S
92	92	TRATEGY.— 6
93	93	(1) I
94	94	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 7
95	95	after the submission of the report required by sub-8
96	96	section (a), the Secretary of State shall develop and 9
97	97	submit to the appropriate congressional committees 10
98	98	a strategy on how to best engage allied countries in 11
99	99	the Middle East and outside of the Middle East to 12
100	100	join CSIPA and affirmative steps the Administration 13
101	101	can take to increase membership in that agreement. 14
102	102	(2) B
103	103	RIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 15
104	104	days after the date on which the Secretary develops 16
105	105	the strategy required by this subsection, the Sec-17
106	106	retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 18
107	107	committees a briefing on a plan for implementing 19
108	108	the strategy. 20
109	109	(c) F
110	110	ORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 21
111	111	and the strategy required by subsection (b) shall be sub-22
112	112	mitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 23
113	113	annex. 24
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117	117	(d) APPROPRIATECONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 1
118	118	D
119	119	EFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-2
120	120	gressional committees’’ means— 3
121	121	(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 4
122	122	Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-5
123	123	resentatives; and 6
124	124	(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 7
125	125	the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 8
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