- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 24, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
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).
(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.