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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9086 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9086

 To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to increase 
  membership in the Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity 
                   Agreement, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2024

 Mrs. Miller of West Virginia (for herself and Mr. Panetta) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
 To require 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. 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 Defense, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of State, 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 13, 2023.
            (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        also include a description of the following:
                    (A) The comprehensive strategic benefits of the 
                CSIPA being in place following the Houthi attacks on 
                merchant vessels the Red Sea.
                    (B) The reasons for which allied countries in the 
                region have been hesitant to join CSIPA.
                    (C) The long-term benefits of widened membership in 
                the CSIPA.
                    (D) How the framework of the 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.
    (b) Strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the submission of the 
report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall 
develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committee a 
strategy on how to best engage allied countries in the Middle East to 
join the CSIPA and affirmative steps the Administration can take to 
increase membership in that agreement.
    (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) Implementation Plan Required.--Not later than 60 days after the 
date on which the Secretary develops the strategy required by 
subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees, or provide such committees a briefing on, a plan for 
implementing the strategy.
    (e) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means 
        the Committee on Armed Services and Permanent Select Committee 
        on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Armed Services and Select Committee on 
        Intelligence of the Senate.
            (2) The term ``congressional defense committees'' means the 
        Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate.
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