[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 1992 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1992


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 12 (legislative day, December 11), 2013

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To amend the requirements relating to assessment of Israel's 
    qualitative military edge over military threats, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Israel QME Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ASSESSMENT OF ISRAEL'S 
              QUALITATIVE MILITARY EDGE OVER MILITARY THREATS.

    (a) Assessment Required; Reports.--Section 201 of Public Law 110-
429 (122 Stat. 4843; 22 U.S.C. 2776 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``an ongoing basis'' and 
        inserting ``a biennial basis''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Quadrennial'' and 
                inserting ``Biennial''; and
                    (B) in the text, by striking ``Not later than four 
                years after the date on which the President transmits 
                the initial report under paragraph (1), and every four 
                years thereafter,'' and inserting ``Not later than one 
                year after the date of the enactment of the Israel QME 
                Enhancement Act, and biennially thereafter,''.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
        to the appropriate congressional committees a report on--
                    (A) the range of cyber and asymmetric threats posed 
                to Israel by state and non-state actors; and
                    (B) the joint efforts of the United States and 
                Israel to address the threats identified in 
                subparagraph (A).
            (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
        annex.
            (3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 2013.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.