Abraham Accords Defense Cooperation Initiative

(a) Establishment The Secretary of Defense 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. (f) Definitions In this section: (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 subsection (a).