[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4219 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4219

   To require the Secretary of Defense to establish an initiative to 
  bolster defense cooperation with Abraham Accords countries, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 26, 2026

  Mr. Budd (for himself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Defense to establish an initiative to 
  bolster defense cooperation with Abraham Accords countries, 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 ``Abraham Accords Defense Cooperation 
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Abraham accords country.--The term ``Abraham Accords 
        country'' means--
                    (A) a country that is a signatory of the Abraham 
                Accords Declaration, done at Washington September 15, 
                2020; and
                    (B) any regional, Arab, or Muslim-majority country 
                that has sought to normalize relations with the State 
                of Israel since 2020.
            (2) Initiative.--The term ``Initiative'' means the United 
        States-Abraham Accords Defense Cooperation Initiative 
        established under section 3(a).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Defense.

SEC. 3. UNITED STATES-ABRAHAM ACCORDS DEFENSE COOPERATION INITIATIVE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish an initiative to 
bolster defense cooperation between the United States and the 
militaries of covered countries, to be known as the ``United States-
Abraham Accords Defense Cooperation Initiative''.
    (b) Relationship to Existing Authorities.--The Initiative shall be 
carried out pursuant to the authorities provided in title 10, United 
States Code.
    (c) Objectives.--The objectives of the Initiative shall include--
            (1) deterring aggression by Iran and proxies of Iran in the 
        Middle East;
            (2) coordination with the Comprehensive Security 
        Integration and Prosperity Agreement; and
            (3) enhancing regional planning and cooperation among the 
        military forces of covered countries, particularly with respect 
        to long-term regional projects, such as--
                    (A) counter-unmanned aircraft systems capabilities;
                    (B) ground-based air defenses;
                    (C) theater ballistic missiles and cruise missiles;
                    (D) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
                and tactical command and control;
                    (E) special operations forces development;
                    (F) joint air or naval military exercises; and
                    (G) any other military capability the Secretary 
                considers appropriate.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
setting forth--
            (1) a strategy for achieving the objectives described in 
        subsection (c); and
            (2) the amount of funding necessary to carry out the 
        Initiative.
    (e) Sense of Congress on Matching Funds.--It is the sense of 
Congress that the Secretary should seek to require each participating 
covered country to contribute matching funds to the Initiative.
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