,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bf1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,budd 7for himself and ,ms4   
,ernst7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,defense to establish an initiative to  
bolster defense cooperation with        
,abraham ,accords countries1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,abraham       
,accords ,defense ,cooperation ,act of  
#bjbf4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 
7#a7 ,abraham ,accords country ,the term
 ,abraham ,accords country means-- 7,a7 
a country that is a signatory of the    
,abraham ,accords ,declaration1 done at 
,washington ,september #ae1 #bjbj2 and  
7,b7 any regional1 ,arab1 or            
,muslim-majority country that has sought
 to normalize relations with the ,state 
of ,israel since #bjbj4  7#b7           
,initiative ,the term ,initiative means 

the ,united ,states-,abraham ,accords   
,defense ,cooperation ,initiative       
established under section #c7;a74  7#c7 
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,defense4  #c4 ,united
 ,states-,abraham ,accords ,defense     
,cooperation ,initiative  7a7           
,establishment ,the ,secretary shall    
establish an initiative to bolster      
defense cooperation between the ,united 
,states and the militaries of covered   
countries1 to be known as the ,united   
,states-,abraham ,accords ,defense      
,cooperation ,initiative4  7b7          
,relationship to existing authorities   
,the ,initiative shall be carried out   
pursuant to the authorities provided in 
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7c7  
,objectives ,the objectives of the      
,initiative shall include-- 7#a7        
deterring aggression by ,iran and       
proxies of ,iran in the ,middle ,east2  
7#b7 coordination with the              
,comprehensive ,security ,integration   
and ,prosperity ,agreement2 and  7#c7   

enhancing regional planning and         
cooperation among the military forces of
 covered countries1 particularly with   
respect to long-term regional projects1 
such as-- 7,a7 counter-unmanned aircraft
 systems capabilities2  7,b7            
ground-based air defenses2  7,c7 theater
 ballistic missiles and cruise missiles2
  7,d7 intelligence1 surveillance1 and  
reconnaissance and tactical command and 
control2  7,e7 special operations forces
 development2  7,f7 joint air or naval  
military exercises2 and  7,g7 any other 
military capability the ,secretary      
considers appropriate4  7d7 ,report ,not
 later than #fj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committees on ,armed ,services of the  
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives a report setting       
forth-- 7#a7 a strategy for achieving   
the objectives described in subsection  
7c72 and  7#b7 the amount of funding    
necessary to carry out the ,initiative4 

7e7 ,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        
,initiative4