3.0.0 3626 2022-11-01T13:50:46Z 2022-11-01T13:50:46Z House HR 2019-07-05 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 112 (Friday, July 5, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TED LIEU of California:H.R. 3626.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H5272]]]> hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas26 Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee Referred to 2019-07-08T16:50:35Z Referred to 2019-07-05T13:00:40Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-07-05T13:00:45Z 2019-07-08 hsas26 Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities. Committee 2019-07-05 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2019-07-05 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2019-07-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-07-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000582 Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] Ted Lieu D CA 33 N S001196 Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] Elise Stefanik R NY M. 21 2019-07-05 True L000559 Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] JAMES LANGEVIN D RI R. 2 2019-07-05 True L000564 Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] Doug Lamborn R CO 5 2019-07-05 True S001183 Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] David Schweikert R AZ 6 2019-09-17 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Europe Foreign aid and international relief Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military operations and strategy Military procurement, research, weapons development Research and development United Kingdom Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-07-05 Introduced in House 2019-11-13T16:13:27Z United States-United Kingdom Directed Energy Cooperation Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD), upon request from the United Kingdom (UK) and with the concurrence of the Department of State, to jointly carry out research and testing of directed energy capabilities with the UK. (Directed energy systems are capable of converting chemical or electrical energy into radiated energy and focusing it on a target.) DOD may provide maintenance and sustainment support for such activities if the UK matches U.S. funds provided for such support or otherwise provides an amount that meets the UK's best efforts.

The bill imposes various reporting requirements related to such joint research.

]]> United States-United Kingdom Directed Energy Cooperation Act Display Title United States-United Kingdom Directed Energy Cooperation Act Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Secretary of Defense to carry out research, development, test, and evaluation activities, on a joint basis with the United Kingdom, to establish directed energy capabilities that address threats to the United States, deployed forces of the United States, or the United Kingdom, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced United States-United Kingdom Directed Energy Cooperation Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr3626ih/xml/BILLS-116hr3626ih.xml 2019-07-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.