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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9086 
To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to increase member-
ship in the Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agree-
ment, and for other purposes. 
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 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPORT AND STRATEGY ON INCREASING MEM-
BERSHIP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY 
INTEGRATION 
AND 
PROSPERITY 
AGREE-
MENT. 
(a) REPORT.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary 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 Comprehen-
sive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement 
(CSIPA), done at Washington, DC on September 
13, 2023. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall also include a description of the fol-
lowing: 
(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 in-
tegration, bolster mutual deterrence against ex-
ternal threats, and expand cooperation in the 
fields of commerce, science, and technology. 
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(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 ap-
propriate 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 sub-
mitted 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 devel-
ops 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 imple-
menting the strategy. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ 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 Intel-
ligence of the Senate. 
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(2) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ means the Committees on Armed Services and 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. 
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