•HRES 841 IH 
and establishing full diplomatic relations with Israel on 
September 11, 2020; 
Whereas Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullatif Al 
Zayani and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 
signed the Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Con-
structive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations Between 
Israel and Bahrain on September 15, 2020; 
Whereas Bahrain has served as a strategic partner and ally 
of the United States since the United States diplomatic 
recognition of Bahrain as a sovereign state in 1971; 
Whereas the United States designated Bahrain as a major 
non-NATO ally on March 14, 2002; 
Whereas Bahrain has contributed to bringing political sta-
bility to the Middle East and North Africa, providing a 
United States naval base in the Gulf since 1947; 
Whereas Naval Support Activity Bahrain served as the pri-
mary base in the region for United States Armed Forces 
naval and marine activities during Operation Enduring 
Freedom and continues to provide operation support to 
United States Armed Forces and Coalition Forces and 
home to United States Naval Forces Central Command 
and the United States 5th Fleet; 
Whereas Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, based in Bahrain, 
serves as a critical duty station for the United States 
Coast Guard in the Gulf; 
Whereas Bahrain, as a member of the Global Coalition to De-
feat ISIS and the Gulf Cooperation Council, has worked 
with the United States to increase cooperation on border 
security, maritime security, military preparedness, cyber-
security, and counterterrorism; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:01 Dec 08, 2021
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR841.IH
HR841
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
•HRES 841 IH 
Whereas Bahrain provided critical assistance to the United 
States in a time of need by helping evacuate United 
States citizens from Afghanistan in the final days of the 
withdrawal and accepting to host United States-bound 
Afghan refugees for processing; 
Whereas Bahrain is a significant partner in free trade, with 
bilateral trade reaching $1,900,000,000 in 2017; 
Whereas Bahrain has made significant advancement towards 
gender equality by acceding to the Convention on the 
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against 
Women (CEDAW) in 2002; 
Whereas women in Bahrain have the right to vote and stand 
for election, the right to inheritance, freedom of move-
ment, access to financial credit, and protection from child 
marriage; 
Whereas Bahrain established the Supreme Council for 
Women on August 22, 2001, to ‘‘empower Bahraini 
women’’, ‘‘to consolidate the principle of equal opportuni-
ties’’, and ‘‘to enhance the status of women’’; and 
Whereas the Bahraini Shura Council is comprised of 27.5 
percent women while women comprise only 15.2 percent 
of parliaments in the larger Arab region, indicative of the 
Bahraini Government’s effort to encourage women’s po-
litical participation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) extends warm congratulations and best 
wishes to the people of Bahrain as they celebrate the 
50th anniversary of the independence of Bahrain; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:01 Dec 08, 2021
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR841.IH
HR841
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
•HRES 841 IH 
(2) expresses support for the principles and 
freedoms upon which the nation of Bahrain is 
founded, as protected by the Constitution; and 
(3) recognizes the importance of the alliance be-
tween the United States and Bahrain to the stability 
of the region and the prosperity of both countries. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:01 Dec 08, 2021
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\HR841.IH
HR841
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS