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Strengthening Cooperation and Security in the Middle East Act
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.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to develop and submit a report within 180 days analyzing the strategic benefits and expansion potential of the Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement (CSIPA), a multilateral security framework signed in September 2023. The report must examine CSIPA's role in military readiness, regional stability, technology cooperation, and responses to threats in the Middle East, and identify barriers to expanding membership among allied countries. Within 180 days of the report, the Secretary of State must develop a strategy for engaging Middle Eastern and other allied countries to join CSIPA and describe specific steps the Administration will take to increase membership. The Secretary must also provide Congress with a briefing on the implementation plan for the strategy within 60 days. Both the report and strategy must be submitted in unclassified form, though classified annexes are permitted.
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- Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- Feb 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 2025
Mrs. Miller of 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 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Strengthening Cooperation and Security in the Middle East Act”.
SEC. 2. REPORT AND STRATEGY ON INCREASING MEMBERSHIP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY INTEGRATION AND PROSPERITY AGREEMENT.
(a) Report.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes a strategy to increase membership in the Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement (CSIPA), done at Washington, DC on September 9-13, 2023.
(2) Elements.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall also include—
(A) an analysis of—
(i) the comprehensive strategic benefits of CSIPA, including improving joint military readiness in the Middle East, enhancing shared economic interests, collaborating on advanced technological and scientific pursuits, and building stronger regional alliances to improve stability and counter mutual threats;
(ii) the role of CSIPA in supporting rapid and effective responses following the Houthi attacks on merchant vessels the Red Sea that occurred since October 7, 2023;
(iii) how the CSIPA framework can leverage the United States Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquartered in Bahrain for projecting strength in the region and supporting immediate responses to imminent threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran or other adversaries of the United States;
(iv) the long-term benefits of widened membership in CSIPA;
(v) how the framework of CSIPA can be altered to foster broader regional security integration, bolster mutual deterrence against external threats, and expand cooperation in the fields of commerce, science, and technology;
(vi) requirements for resources and capabilities that can be provided to expand CSIPA membership; and
(vii) domestic and regional factors or barriers among allied countries of the United States and Bahrain that may be limiting the expansion of CSIPA; and
(B) recommendations for areas of further collaboration between the United States and other CSIPA members.
(b) Strategy.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the submission of the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy on how to best engage allied countries in the Middle East and outside of the Middle East to join CSIPA and affirmative steps the Administration can take to increase membership in that agreement.
(2) Briefing required.—Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary develops the strategy required by this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on a plan for implementing the strategy.
(c) Form.—The report required by subsection (a) and the strategy required by subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. <all>
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