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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1992" measure-id="id113hr1992" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-05-15" update-date="2013-12-12">
<title>Israel QME Enhancement Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr1992v36" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-12-12">
<action-date>2013-12-11</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p> Israel QME Enhancement Act - Directs the President, on a biennial basis, to: (1) carry out an assessment of the extent to which Israel possesses a qualitative military edge over military threats to it, and (2) submit a related report to Congress. (Current law requires an assessment on an ongoing basis and a report every four years.)</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on: (1) the range of cyber and asymmetric threats posed to Israel by state and non-state actors, and (2) joint U.S.-Israel efforts to address such threats.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id113hr1992v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-08-06">
<action-date>2013-05-15</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Israel QME Enhancement Act - Directs the President to: (1) report to Congress every two years (current law requires such report every four years) regarding the assessment of Israel's qualitative military edge over military threats to Israel and related weapons sales in the Middle East, and (2) report on criteria used to include cyber and asymmetric threats in such assessment.</p>]]></summary-text>
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