[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3450-S3451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6323. Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Booker) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1218. REPORT AND STRATEGY ON INCREASING MEMBERSHIP IN 
                   THE COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY INTEGRATION AND 
                   PROSPERITY AGREEMENT.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the United States and the Kingdom of Bahrain share an 
     important strategic partnership reflected in joint naval 
     equities and defense of commercial shipping routes.
       (b) Report and Strategy on Increasing Membership in the 
     Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity 
     Agreement.--
       (1) Report.--
       (A) 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).

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       (B) Elements.--The report required by subparagraph (A) 
     shall also include an analysis of--
       (i) the comprehensive strategic benefits of CSIPA, the role 
     of CSIPA in supporting United States national security 
     interests in the region, and how CSIPA supports the U.S. 
     Naval Fifth Fleet;
       (ii) the long-term benefits of widened CSIPA membership and 
     how the CSIPA framework can be altered to foster broader 
     regional security and bolster regional deterrence, what 
     resources would be needed to expand CSIPA membership to 
     include other regional partners, and any domestic or regional 
     barriers limiting CSIPA expansion;
       (iii) the extent to which the parties to CSIPA developed 
     and implemented defense and deterrent responses following 
     February 28, 2026;
       (iv) the extent to which the provision of defense articles 
     and services have been affected following February 28, 2026;
       (v) actions taken to bolster defense and security 
     cooperation among the parties to CSIPA and in the region;
       (vi) actions taken to deepen and strengthen economic 
     integration among the parties to CSIPA and in the region;
       (vii) actions taken to increase scientific and 
     technological cooperation among the parties to CSIPA and in 
     the region; and
       (viii) opportunities for further collaboration between the 
     United States and other parties to CSIPA.
       (2) Strategy.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     submission of the report required by paragraph (1), 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 
     United States can take to increase membership in that 
     agreement.
       (B) Briefing required.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date on which the Secretary of State develops the strategy 
     required by this paragraph, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a briefing on a plan for 
     implementing the strategy.
       (3) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) and the 
     strategy required by paragraph (2) shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
       (4) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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