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Directs the Secretary of State to prioritize the Eastern Mediterranean region in U.S. foreign policy, focusing on energy security and defense cooperation with Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, and Israel.
Official title: Eastern Mediterranean Gateway Act
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Senate
Introduced
29-APR-2026
Referred
29-APR-2026
Approved by committee
17-JUN-2026
Reported
27-JUL-2026
On the calendar
27-JUL-2026
- Directs the Secretary of State to make energy security and defense cooperation with Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, and Israel a foreign policy priority.
- Authorizes the Secretary of State to institutionalize multilateral strategic dialogues between the United States and India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) countries.
- Requires annual implementation reports for five years, then every two years for ten years, including an assessment of how IMEC increases trade and counters China's influence.
- Requires within one year a briefing on multilateral initiatives, an analysis of the Cyprus Centre for Land, Open Seas, and Port Security, and a study with the Secretary of Energy on creating programs modeled on U.S.-Israel binational research foundations.
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