Whereas the United States established diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Bahrain in 1971; Whereas Bahrain is a significant partner in free trade with the United States, with bilateral trade reaching $4,000,000,000 in 2022; Whereas the United States designated Bahrain as a major non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally on March 14, 2002; Whereas Bahrain has contributed to bringing political stability to the Middle East and North Africa, providing a United States naval base in the Arabian Gulf since 1947; Whereas Bahrain, as a member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and the Gulf Cooperation Council, has worked with the United States to increase cooperation on border security, maritime security, military preparedness, cybersecurity, and counterterrorism; Whereas Naval Support Activity Bahrain provides operation support to United States Armed Forces and Coalition Forces and is home to United States Naval Forces Central Command and the United States Fifth Fleet; Whereas Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, based in Bahrain, serves as a critical duty station for the United States Coast Guard in the Gulf; Whereas the area of responsibility of the Fifth Fleet encompasses about 2,500,000 square miles of water area and includes the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, and the Arabian Sea as well as three critical choke points at the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal, and the Strait of Bab al Mandeb at the southern tip of Yemen; Whereas, in order to combat the Houthi attacks, the Navy is working at a pace unseen in the Middle East in decades , according to Stars and Stripes, the defense publication authorized by Congress for servicemembers; Whereas the United States and the Kingdom of Bahrain signed the Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement (CSIPA) to enhance cooperation across a wide range of areas including defense and security