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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2510
5	5	To enhance counterterrorism and maritime security cooperation and training
6	6	within the ‘‘3+1’’ structure between the United States, Israel, Greece,
7	7	and the Republic of Cyprus.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH31, 2025
10	10	Ms. M
11	11	ALLIOTAKIS(for herself, Mr. KEAN, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, and Mr. GOLD-
12	12	MANof New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
13	13	the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on
14	14	Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
15	15	er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
16	16	risdiction of the committee concerned
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To enhance counterterrorism and maritime security coopera-
19	19	tion and training within the ‘‘3+1’’ structure between
20	20	the United States, Israel, Greece, and the Republic of
21	21	Cyprus.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
25	25	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American-Hellenic- 4
26	26	Israeli Eastern Mediterranean Counterterrorism and Mar-5
27	27	itime Security Partnership Act of 2025’’. 6
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31	31	SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 1
32	32	The purpose of this Act is to enhance counterter-2
33	33	rorism and maritime security cooperation and training 3
34	34	within the ‘‘3+1’’ structure between the United States, 4
35	35	Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus. 5
36	36	SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 6
37	37	Congress finds the following: 7
38	38	(1) Israel has been designated as a Major Non- 8
39	39	NATO Ally under U.S. law since 1987 and its part-9
40	40	nership with the U.S. is critical to the protection of 10
41	41	U.S. interests in the Eastern Mediterranean and the 11
42	42	surrounding regions. 12
43	43	(2) The Department of State describes Israel as 13
44	44	‘‘a great partner to the United States’’ with an ‘‘un-14
45	45	breakable bond’’ that ‘‘has never been stronger.’’ 15
46	46	(3) The longstanding strength of the relation-16
47	47	ship between the U.S. and Israel is demonstrated by 17
48	48	the historic significance of the United States being 18
49	49	the first country to officially recognize Israel as a 19
50	50	state in 1948 and being the first country to recog-20
51	51	nize Jerusalem as its capital in 2017. 21
52	52	(4) The United States remains in solidarity 22
53	53	with Israel following the October 7, 2023, terrorist 23
54	54	attack committed by Hamas, described by the De-24
55	55	partment of State as ‘‘the deadliest terrorist attack 25
56	56	in its 75-year history’’ which included the deaths of 26
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60	60	more than forty-four Americans, the most killed in 1
61	61	a terrorist attack since the events of September 11, 2
62	62	2001, and the capture of twelve other Americans as 3
63	63	hostages. 4
64	64	(5) The Department of State holds that ‘‘sup-5
65	65	port for Israel’s security has been a cornerstone of 6
66	66	American foreign policy,’’ as demonstrated by the 7
67	67	longstanding support provided to Israel by the U.S. 8
68	68	(6) The United States and Israel have defense 9
69	69	cooperation agreements including a Mutual Defense 10
70	70	Assistance Agreement (1952); a General Security of 11
71	71	Information Agreement (1982); a Mutual Logistics 12
72	72	Support Agreement (1991); and a Status of Forces 13
73	73	Agreement (1994). 14
74	74	(7) The United States has participated in mili-15
75	75	tary exercises with Israel, including Juniper Oak 16
76	76	and Juniper Falcon. 17
77	77	(8) The United States and Israel have engaged 18
78	78	in strategic dialogue involving counterterrorism co-19
79	79	ordination. 20
80	80	(9) Greece is a North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-21
81	81	tion (NATO) Ally that consistently exceeds its obli-22
82	82	gation of spending 2% of its gross domestic product 23
83	83	(GDP) on defense annually. In 2021, Greece spent 24
84	84	a higher percentage of its real GDP on defense than 25
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88	88	any other NATO country. In 2024, Greece spent 1
89	89	3.08% of its real GDP on defense and accordingly 2
90	90	continues to rank amongst the highest of all NATO 3
91	91	countries. Its significant contributions to the Alli-4
92	92	ance, including hosting the NATO Missile Firing In-5
93	93	stallation (NAMFI), the NATO Maritime Interdic-6
94	94	tion Operations Training Center (NMIOTC), the 7
95	95	NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defense (NATO 8
96	96	IAMD) Centre of Excellence, have led to it being 9
97	97	designated as a ‘‘key NATO Ally’’ by the Depart-10
98	98	ment of State. 11
99	99	(10) Greece continues to support U.S. maritime 12
100	100	security through hosting the U.S. Navy installation 13
101	101	Naval Support Activity Souda Bay on the island of 14
102	102	Crete, and Souda Bay provides the only deep-water 15
103	103	port in the Mediterranean able to service the largest 16
104	104	types of aircraft carriers operated by the U.S. 17
105	105	(11) The Department of State describes Greece 18
106	106	as ‘‘a leader in the region’’ and ‘‘an important part-19
107	107	ner to the United States in promoting regional secu-20
108	108	rity, stability’’ with a significant ‘‘location at the 21
109	109	crossroads of the Western Balkans, North Africa, 22
110	110	the Middle East, and NATO’s southeastern flank,’’ 23
111	111	making ‘‘Greece a particularly important strategic 24
112	112	ally.’’ 25
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116	116	(12) The Department of State has declared 1
117	117	that Greece ‘‘shares a deep and abiding security 2
118	118	partnership’’ with the United States. 3
119	119	(13) The United States and Greece have de-4
120	120	fense cooperation agreements including The General 5
121	121	Security of Military Information Agreement 6
122	122	(GSOMIA) of 1986; the Defense Industrial Coopera-7
123	123	tion Agreement (DICA) of 1986; the NATO Status 8
124	124	of Forces Agreement (SOFA) of 1951; the Com-9
125	125	prehensive Technical Agreement (CTA) of 2001; and 10
126	126	the Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement 11
127	127	(MDCA) of 1990 (updated in 2019 and in 2021). 12
128	128	(14) Greece has participated in multiple bilat-13
129	129	eral and multilateral military exercises with the 14
130	130	United States, including Thracian Cooperation, Sto-15
131	131	len Cerberus, Trojan Footprint, Poseidon’s Rage, 16
132	132	Orion, Iniochos, Defender Europe, and Alexander 17
133	133	the Great. According to the Department of State, 18
134	134	each year the Armed Forces of the United States 19
135	135	and Greece jointly participate in more than 15 20
136	136	major military exercises. 21
137	137	(15) The United States and Greece have en-22
138	138	gaged in strategic dialogue involving counterter-23
139	139	rorism coordination. 24
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143	143	(16) The Republic of Cyprus (ROC) has been 1
144	144	described by the Department of State ‘‘as an impor-2
145	145	tant partner for regional stability, security, and 3
146	146	prosperity’’ to the United States, with an important 4
147	147	‘‘geostrategic position.’’ In 2025, the Department of 5
148	148	State declared that ‘‘Cooperation between the 6
149	149	United States and the ROC is at a historic high.’’ 7
150	150	(17) The Department of State declared that the 8
151	151	United States ‘‘works closely with the ROC to ad-9
152	152	vance shared security priorities in the Eastern Medi-10
153	153	terranean region.’’ 11
154	154	(18) The United States and the Republic of Cy-12
155	155	prus have agreed to a Statement of Intent on bilat-13
156	156	eral security cooperation in 2018 and a Defense Co-14
157	157	operation Roadmap for 2024–2029 ‘‘directed to-15
158	158	wards promoting stability, security, and prosperity 16
159	159	in the region.’’ 17
160	160	(19) The United States and the Republic of Cy-18
161	161	prus have engaged in strategic dialogue involving 19
162	162	counterterrorism coordination. 20
163	163	(20) In addition to the strong bilateral relation-21
164	164	ships between the United States and Israel, the 22
165	165	United States and Greece, and the United States 23
166	166	and the Republic of Cyprus, all four countries share 24
167	167	a multilateral relationship under the ‘‘3+1’’ struc-25
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171	171	ture established through Eastern Mediterranean Se-1
172	172	curity and Energy Partnership Act of 2019 section 2
173	173	of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 3
174	174	2020 and the United States-Greece Defense and 4
175	175	Interparliamentary Partnership Act of 2021 section 5
176	176	of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 6
177	177	Year 2022. 7
178	178	(21) Together, the United States, Israel, 8
179	179	Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus share the mu-9
180	180	tual goal of ensuring the Eastern Mediterranean is 10
181	181	protected from threats of terrorism. 11
182	182	(22) The United States and Israel have a his-12
183	183	tory of strong counterterrorism cooperation. The De-13
184	184	partment of State has described Israel as ‘‘a com-14
185	185	mitted counterterrorism partner, closely coordinating 15
186	186	with the United States on a range of counterter-16
187	187	rorism initiatives.’’ This includes previous annual 17
188	188	meetings of the Joint Counterterrorism Group be-18
189	189	tween the two countries. 19
190	190	(23) The United States and Greece have a his-20
191	191	tory of strong counterterrorism cooperation. The De-21
192	192	partment of State has described Greece as ‘‘a stead-22
193	193	fast and reliable counterterrorism partner.’’ This has 23
194	194	been demonstrated recently through ‘‘improved in-24
195	195	formation exchanges and CT cooperation with the 25
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199	199	United States through the Joint Security Program 1
200	200	pilot.’’ 2
201	201	(24) The United States and the Republic of Cy-3
202	202	prus have a history of strong counterterrorism co-4
203	203	operation. The Department of State has described 5
204	204	the Republic of Cyprus as a partner that has ‘‘col-6
205	205	laborated closely with the United States bilaterally 7
206	206	and as a member of the EU, as well as with other 8
207	207	countries on international counterterrorism efforts.’’ 9
208	208	(25) The Department of State reported that 10
209	209	‘‘ROC authorities have taken enhanced security 11
210	210	measures to prevent terrorist actions following 12
211	211	Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel. The Cyprus 13
212	212	National Police conducted increased patrols at air-14
213	213	ports, harbors, marinas, and ports; assessed high- 15
214	214	threat targets—mostly of Israeli and U.S. inter-16
215	215	ests—and provided frequent patrols; provided a po-17
216	216	lice presence at all synagogues in Larnaca, Limassol, 18
217	217	and Paphos; increased police coverage at the Israeli 19
218	218	Embassy.’’ Additionally, the Republic of Cyprus has 20
219	219	been threatened by Iran-backed terrorist organiza-21
220	220	tions, including Hezbollah. 22
221	221	(26) Israel and Greece have a history of strong 23
222	222	counterterrorism cooperation and participate ‘‘in re-24
223	223	gional and multinational counterterrorism exercises’’ 25
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227	227	between the two countries, as described by the De-1
228	228	partment of State. 2
229	229	(27) Israel and the Republic of Cyprus have a 3
230	230	history of strong counterterrorism cooperation and 4
231	231	participate ‘‘in regional and multinational counter-5
232	232	terrorism exercises’’ between the two countries, as 6
233	233	described by the Department of State. 7
234	234	(28) Greece and the Republic of Cyprus have a 8
235	235	history of strong counterterrorism cooperation and 9
236	236	participate ‘‘in regional and multinational counter-10
237	237	terrorism exercises’’ between the two countries, as 11
238	238	described by the Department of State. 12
239	239	(29) Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus 13
240	240	have a history of strong trilateral counterterrorism 14
241	241	cooperation reflected through multiple types of en-15
242	242	gagement. 16
243	243	(30) The foreign ministers of Israel, Greece, 17
244	244	and the Republic of Cyprus, and the United States 18
245	245	Secretary of State, have collectively met multiple 19
246	246	times to discuss multilateral security issues. 20
247	247	(31) The Cyprus Center for Land, Open-seas, 21
248	248	and Port Security (C.Y.C.L.O.P.S.), initially funded 22
249	249	by the United States State Department’s Export 23
250	250	Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) pro-24
251	251	gram through a Memorandum of Understanding be-25
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255	255	tween the Republic of Cyprus and the USA, signed 1
256	256	on September 12, 2020, has served as an important 2
257	257	training center for the United States. The United 3
258	258	States has conducted multiple security cooperation 4
259	259	initiatives utilizing C.Y.C.L.O.P.S. including the 5
260	260	U.S. Department of State’s Office of Weapons of 6
261	261	Mass Destruction Terrorism ‘‘Saharan Fox’’ work-7
262	262	shop. 8
263	263	(32) Together, the United States, Israel, 9
264	264	Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus share the mu-10
265	265	tual goal of ensuring the Eastern Mediterranean is 11
266	266	protected from breaches of maritime security. 12
267	267	(33) Souda Bay, Crete, has served as an impor-13
268	268	tant location for the United States to conduct mari-14
269	269	time security initiatives since 1969 and has long 15
270	270	been considered the most essential location for sup-16
271	271	porting U.S. naval activity in the Mediterranean. In 17
272	272	addition to providing the only port in the region able 18
273	273	to sustain the largest aircraft carriers operated by 19
274	274	the United Sates, it’s location at the junction be-20
275	275	tween Europe, Africa, and Asia make it a location 21
276	276	of great geostrategic value. 22
277	277	SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 23
278	278	It is the policy of the United States— 24
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282	282	(1) to establish a security subcomponent of the 1
283	283	‘‘3+1’’ structure between the United States, Israel, 2
284	284	Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus; 3
285	285	(2) to expand official strategic engagement with 4
286	286	Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus regarding 5
287	287	counterterrorism and maritime security; 6
288	288	(3) to increase support for joint counterter-7
289	289	rorism and maritime security exercises among Israel, 8
290	290	Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus; 9
291	291	(4) to increase participation in multilateral dia-10
292	292	logues on counterterrorism and maritime security 11
293	293	conducted among the United States, Israel, Greece 12
294	294	and the Republic of Cyprus; 13
295	295	(5) to increase support for the participation of 14
296	296	Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus in the 15
297	297	Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program; 16
298	298	(6) to expand United States support for 17
299	299	counterterrorism initiatives at C.Y.C.L.O.P.S. (Cy-18
300	300	prus Center for Land, Open-seas, and Port Security) 19
301	301	in the Republic of Cyprus and develop deeper co-20
302	302	operation with the latter regarding counterterrorism 21
303	303	and maritime security; 22
304	304	(7) to expand United States support for mari-23
305	305	time security initiatives at the Greek Souda Naval 24
306	306	Base in Greece and develop deeper cooperation with 25
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310	310	the latter regarding counterterrorism and maritime 1
311	311	security; 2
312	312	(8) to further support a robust International 3
313	313	Military Education and Training (IMET) program-4
314	314	ming with Israel, Greece and the Republic of Cy-5
315	315	prus, which will increase interoperability with the 6
316	316	United States; 7
317	317	(9) to encourage counterterrorism, border and 8
318	318	maritime security investments in Israel, Greece, and 9
319	319	the Republic of Cyprus; and 10
320	320	(10) to increase counterterrorism intelligence 11
321	321	sharing and maritime domain awareness cooperation 12
322	322	with Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus. 13
323	323	SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF SCHEDULED TERMINATION OF CY-14
324	324	PRUS, GREECE, ISRAEL, AND THE UNITED 15
325	325	STATES 3+1 INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP. 16
326	326	Section 1316 of the National Defense Authorization 17
327	327	Act for Fiscal Year 2022 is amended by striking sub-18
328	328	section (e). 19
329	329	SEC. 6. ISRAEL, GREECE, CYPRUS, AND THE UNITED 20
330	330	STATES INTERPARLIAMENTARY EASTERN 21
331	331	MEDITERRANEAN SECURITY COOPERATION 22
332	332	GROUP. 23
333	333	(a) E
334	334	STABLISHMENT.—There is established a group, 24
335	335	to be known as the ‘‘Israel, Greece, Cyprus, and the 25
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339	339	United States Interparliamentary Eastern Mediterranean 1
340	340	Security Cooperation Group’’ to serve as a security fo-2
341	341	cused legislative subcomponent to the 3+1 inter-3
342	342	parliamentary group established in Section 1316 of the 4
343	343	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. 5
344	344	(b) M
345	345	EMBERSHIP.—The group established under 6
346	346	subsection (a) shall include a group of not more than 6 7
347	347	Members of the United States Senate and 6 Members of 8
348	348	the United States House of Representatives, who shall be 9
349	349	appointed jointly by the majority leader and the minority 10
350	350	leader of the Senate and the speaker and the minority 11
351	351	leader of the House of Representatives, respectively. Mem-12
352	352	bership shall include 2 Members of Congress who serve 13
353	353	on an appropriate congressional committee. 14
354	354	(c) M
355	355	EETINGS.—Not less frequently than twice each 15
356	356	year, the United States Interparliamentary Eastern Medi-16
357	357	terranean Security Cooperation Group shall meet with 17
358	358	Israeli, Cypriot, and Greek parliamentary counterpart 18
359	359	members to discuss issues on the agenda of the legislative 19
360	360	branch of the Governments of Israel, Greece, the Republic 20
361	361	of Cyprus, and the United States regarding counterter-21
362	362	rorism and maritime security. 22
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366	366	SEC. 7. ISRAEL, GREECE, CYPRUS, AND UNITED STATES 1
367	367	INTEREXECUTIVE EASTERN MEDITERRA-2
368	368	NEAN SECURITY COOPERATION GROUP. 3
369	369	(a) E
370	370	STABLISHMENT.—There is established a group, 4
371	371	to be known as the ‘‘Israel, Greece, Cyprus, and United 5
372	372	States Interexecutive Eastern Mediterranean Security Co-6
373	373	operation Group’’ to serve as a security focused executive 7
374	374	component to the ‘‘3+1’’ structure. 8
375	375	(b) M
376	376	EMBERSHIP.—The Israel, Greece, Cyprus, and 9
377	377	the United States Interexecutive Eastern Mediterranean 10
378	378	Security Cooperation Group shall include a designated of-11
379	379	ficer from: 12
380	380	(1) The United States Department of State, ap-13
381	381	pointed by the United States Secretary of State. 14
382	382	(A) The responsibilities of this designated 15
383	383	officer as established in Sec. 7. may be assigned 16
384	384	to an existing officer within the Department of 17
385	385	State to fulfil the requirements of Sec. 7. 18
386	386	(2) The United States Department of Defense, 19
387	387	appointed by the United States Secretary of De-20
388	388	fense. 21
389	389	(A) The responsibilities of this designated 22
390	390	officer as established in Sec. 7. may be assigned 23
391	391	to an existing officer within the Department of 24
392	392	Defense to fulfil the requirements of Sec. 7. 25
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396	396	(3) The United States Department of Home-1
397	397	land Security, appointed by the United States Sec-2
398	398	retary of Homeland Security. 3
399	399	(A) The responsibilities of this designated 4
400	400	officer as established in Sec. 7. may be assigned 5
401	401	to an existing officer within the Department of 6
402	402	Homeland Security to fulfil the requirements of 7
403	403	Sec. 7. 8
404	404	(c) M
405	405	EETINGS.—Not less frequently than twice each 9
406	406	year, the United States Interexecutive Eastern Mediterra-10
407	407	nean Security Cooperation Group shall meet with Israeli, 11
408	408	Cypriot, and Greek executive counterpart members to dis-12
409	409	cuss issues on the agenda of the executive branch of the 13
410	410	Governments of Israel, Greece, the Republic of Cyprus, 14
411	411	and the United States regarding counterterrorism and 15
412	412	maritime security. 16
413	413	SEC. 8. 3+1 COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION TRAINING 17
414	414	STRUCTURE. 18
415	415	(a) E
416	416	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, in 19
417	417	coordination with the Secretary of State, shall establish 20
418	418	a counterterrorism training program, to be known as the 21
419	419	‘‘Counterterrorism Education for Readiness Building in 22
420	420	the East-Mediterranean Region to Unify Security Pro-23
421	421	gram’’ or ‘‘CERBERUS’’, which shall— 24
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425	425	(1) be used at the Cyprus Center for Land, 1
426	426	Open-seas, and Port Security, provided that the 2
427	427	Government of the Republic of Cyprus agrees so, 3
428	428	with the purpose of increasing counterterrorism co-4
429	429	operation and interoperability between the United 5
430	430	States, Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus; 6
431	431	and 7
432	432	(2) be available to ministry, agency, and head-8
433	433	quarters level organizations for such countries. 9
434	434	(b) A
435	435	DDITIONALREQUIREDELEMENTS OF TRAIN-10
436	436	ING.—The training program established under subsection 11
437	437	(a) shall promote respect for legitimate civilian authority 12
438	438	within the country to which the assistance is provided. 13
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440	440	EPORTS ANDBRIEFINGS.— 14
441	441	(1) I
442	442	MPLEMENTATION REPORT .—Not later than 15
443	443	180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 16
444	444	and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of De-17
445	445	fense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 18
446	446	shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-19
447	447	mittees a report on the status of the creation and 20
448	448	implementation of the training program established 21
449	449	under subsection (a) until the Secretary of Defense, 22
450	450	in consultation with the Secretary of State, deter-23
451	451	mines the training has been established and made 24
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454	454	•HR 2510 IH
455	455	available to the United States, Israel, Greece, and 1
456	456	the Republic of Cyprus. 2
457	457	(2) T
458	458	RAINING STRUCTURE REPORT .—Not later 3
459	459	than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary 4
460	460	of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of 5
461	461	State, determines such training program has been 6
462	462	established and made available to the United States, 7
463	463	Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus, they 8
464	464	shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-9
465	465	mittees a report on the training structure they have 10
466	466	created. 11
467	467	(3) T
468	468	RAINING BRIEFING.—Following the sub-12
469	469	mission of the report required by paragraph (2), the 13
470	470	Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Sec-14
471	471	retary of State, shall provide to the appropriate con-15
472	472	gressional committees an annual briefing on the re-16
473	473	sults of such training program. 17
474	474	SEC. 9. ESTABLISHING A 3+1 MARITIME SECURITY CO-18
475	475	OPERATION TRAINING STRUCTURE. 19
476	476	(a) I
477	477	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in co-20
478	478	ordination with the Secretary of State, shall— 21
479	479	(1) create a training program to be used at the 22
480	480	Greek Souda Naval Base, provided that the Govern-23
481	481	ment of Greece agrees, with the purpose of increas-24
482	482	ing maritime security cooperation and interoper-25
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485	485	•HR 2510 IH
486	486	ability between the United States, Israel, Greece, 1
487	487	and the Republic of Cyprus; and 2
488	488	(2) make available such training to ministry, 3
489	489	agency, and headquarters level organizations for 4
490	490	such countries. 5
491	491	(b) D
492	492	ESIGNATION.—The provision of assistance and 6
493	493	training under this section may be referred to as ‘‘Train-7
494	494	ing and Readiness Initiative for Regional East-Mediterra-8
495	495	nean Maritime-Security Enforcement’’ or ‘‘TRIREME’’. 9
496	496	(c) R
497	497	EQUIREDELEMENTS OFTRAINING.—Training 10
498	498	provided under subsection (b) shall include elements that 11
499	499	promote respect for legitimate civilian authority within the 12
500	500	country to which the assistance is provided. 13
501	501	(d) R
502	502	EPORTS ANDBRIEFINGS.— 14
503	503	(1) I
504	504	MPLEMENTATION REPORT .—Not later than 15
505	505	180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 16
506	506	and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of De-17
507	507	fense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 18
508	508	shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-19
509	509	gress a report on the status of the creation and im-20
510	510	plementation of the training established in Sec. 9. 21
511	511	until the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 22
512	512	the Secretary of State, determines the training has 23
513	513	been established and made available to the United 24
514	514	States, Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus. 25
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517	517	•HR 2510 IH
518	518	(2) TRAINING STRUCTURE REPORT .—Not later 1
519	519	than 90 days after which the Secretary of Defense, 2
520	520	in consultation with the Secretary of State, deter-3
521	521	mines the training has been established and made 4
522	522	available to the United States, Israel, Greece, and 5
523	523	the Republic of Cyprus, they shall submit to the ap-6
524	524	propriate committees of Congress a report on the 7
525	525	training structure they have created. 8
526	526	(3) T
527	527	RAINING BRIEFING.—Following the sub-9
528	528	mission of the report required by Sec. 9(5)(A)(i), on 10
529	529	an annual basis the Secretary of Defense, in con-11
530	530	sultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit 12
531	531	provide a briefing on the results of the training es-13
532	532	tablished through Sec. 9. to the appropriate commit-14
533	533	tees of Congress. 15
534	534	SEC. 10. REPORTS. 16
535	535	(a) S
536	536	TRATEGY ONCOUNTERTERROISM COOPERATION 17
537	537	IN THE3+1 STRUCTURE.— 18
538	538	(1) I
539	539	N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 19
540	540	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-20
541	541	retary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 21
542	542	of State, shall submit to the appropriate congres-22
543	543	sional committees a strategy on enhanced counter-23
544	544	terrorism cooperation with Israel, Greece, and the 24
545	545	Republic of Cyprus. 25
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548	548	•HR 2510 IH
549	549	(2) FORM.—The report required under sub-1
550	550	section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 2
551	551	but may contain a classified annex. 3
552	552	(b) S
553	553	TRATEGY ONMARITIMESECURITYCOOPERA-4
554	554	TION IN THE3+1 STRUCTURE.— 5
555	555	(1) I
556	556	N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 6
557	557	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-7
558	558	retary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 8
559	559	of State, shall submit to the appropriate congres-9
560	560	sional committees a strategy on enhanced maritime 10
561	561	security cooperation with Israel, Greece, and the Re-11
562	562	public of Cyprus. 12
563	563	(2) F
564	564	ORM.—The report required under sub-13
565	565	section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 14
566	566	but may contain a classified annex. 15
567	567	SEC. 11. ELIMINATING CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND EXCLU-16
568	568	SIONS REGARDING DEFENSE ARTICLES AND 17
569	569	REQUIREMENTS REGARDING SECURITY AS-18
570	570	SISTANCE AND SALES WITH RESPECT TO THE 19
571	571	REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS. 20
572	572	(a) E
573	573	LIMINATION OFLIMITATIONS ANDEXCLUSIONS 21
574	574	R
575	575	EGARDINGDEFENSEARTICLES.—Section 1250A of the 22
576	576	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 23
577	577	(22 U.S.C. 2373 note) is amended— 24
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580	580	•HR 2510 IH
581	581	(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘REPEAL OF 1
582	582	PROHIBITION ON ’’ and inserting ‘‘SENSE OF 2
583	583	CONGRESS REGARDING ’’; 3
584	584	(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) S
585	585	ENSE 4
586	586	OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that’’ 5
587	587	and inserting the following: ‘‘It is the sense of Con-6
588	588	gress that—’’; and 7
589	589	(3) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d). 8
590	590	(b) E
591	591	LIMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS REGARDING 9
592	592	S
593	593	ECURITYASSISTANCE AND CERTAINSALES.—Section 10
594	594	620C of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 11
595	595	2373) is amended by striking subsections (d) and (e). 12
596	596	SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 13
597	597	(a) A
598	598	VAILABILITY OFFUNDS.— 14
599	599	(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to 15
600	600	the Department of Defense $5,000,000 to create 16
601	601	new facilities at, and acquire new equipment for, the 17
602	602	Cyprus Center for Land, Open-seas, and Port Secu-18
603	603	rity, in coordination with Minister of Defence of the 19
604	604	Republic of Cyprus, for the purposes of counterter-20
605	605	rorism cooperation training which can be used to 21
606	606	carry out the requirements of section (9). 22
607	607	(2) Following the creation of facilities and ac-23
608	608	quisition of equipment by the Department of De-24
609	609	fense for the purposes specified in paragraph (1), 25
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612	612	•HR 2510 IH
613	613	such facilities and equipment is authorized to be 1
614	614	made available to the Government of the Republic of 2
615	615	Cyprus. 3
616	616	(3) There are authorized to be made available 4
617	617	to the Government of the Republic of Cyprus 5
618	618	$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 6
619	619	2029 for annual general support of the Cyprus Cen-7
620	620	ter for Land, Open-seas, and Port Security. 8
621	621	(b) A
622	622	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 9
623	623	are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 10
624	624	Defense $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 11
625	625	2029 for the creation and implementation of the training 12
626	626	program in section (8). 13
627	627	(c) A
628	628	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 14
629	629	are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 15
630	630	Defense $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 16
631	631	2029 for the creation and implementation of the training 17
632	632	program in section (9). 18
633	633	(d) IMET C
634	634	OOPERATIONWITHISRAEL, GREECE, 19
635	635	AND THEREPUBLIC OFCYPRUS.—There are authorized 20
636	636	to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2026 through 21
637	637	2029, to enhance interoperability and capabilities for joint 22
638	638	operations and for counterterrorism and maritime security 23
639	639	education— 24
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642	642	•HR 2510 IH
643	643	(1) $1,000,000 for International Military Edu-1
644	644	cation and Training (IMET) assistance for Israel; 2
645	645	(2) $250,000 for International Military Edu-3
646	646	cation and Training (IMET) assistance for Greece; 4
647	647	and 5
648	648	(3) $250,000 for International Military Edu-6
649	649	cation and Training (IMET) assistance for the Re-7
650	650	public of Cyprus. 8
651	651	(e) E
652	652	XPANDINGMARITIMESECURITYTRAINING 9
653	653	F
654	654	UNCTIONS OF THE GREEKSOUDANAVYBASE.—There 10
655	655	is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of De-11
656	656	fense $5,000,000 to create new facilities at, and acquire 12
657	657	new equipment for, the Greek Souda Naval Base, in co-13
658	658	ordination with Minister of Defence of Greece, for the pur-14
659	659	poses of maritime security training which can be used to 15
660	660	carry out section (9). 16
661	661	(1) Following the creation of facilities and ac-17
662	662	quisition of equipment by the Department of De-18
663	663	fense for the purposes specified in Sec 11 (1) (A), 19
664	664	such facilities and equipment is authorized to be 20
665	665	made available to the Government of Greece. 21
666	666	(f) G
667	667	ENERALSUPPORT.—There is authorized to be 22
668	668	made available to the Government of Greece $2,000,000 23
669	669	for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 for annual gen-24
670	670	eral support of the facilities created through section (10). 25
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674	674	SEC. 13. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE DE-1
675	675	FINED. 2
676	676	In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-3
677	677	mittee’’ means— 4
678	678	(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 5
679	679	Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee 6
680	680	on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-7
681	681	tives; and 8
682	682	(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 9
683	683	Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 10
684	684	on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 11
685	685	the Senate. 12
686	686	Æ
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