Reports and studies

(a) Report on implementation Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the implementation and effect of this Act, including an update on energy projects and defense cooperation that are being carried out pursuant to the authorities of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. (b) Report on multilateral initiatives Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on each multilateral initiative between the United States and IMEC countries. (c) Analysis of Cyprus Centre for Land, Open Seas, and Port Security Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall analyze insights gained from the operation of the Cyprus Centre for Land, Open Seas, and Port Security as a potential model for broad-based multilateral cooperation. (d) Study of program creation and expansion Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the cost of, steps to, and feasibility of— (1) creating bilateral programs with Eastern Mediterranean countries modeled on bilateral programs between the United States and Israel, including— (A) the Binational Agriculture Research and Development Fund; (B) the United States-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (including projects relating to homeland security and cybersecurity); (C) the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation; and (D) the United States-Israel Science and Technology Foundation; and (2) expanding bilateral programs between the United States and Israel, including the programs listed in paragraph (1), to include other Eastern Mediterranean countries and IMEC countries.