[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4810 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4810

   To authorize the Secretary of Defense to cooperate with Israel to 
  develop directed energy capabilities to detect and defeat ballistic 
                   missiles, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2016

 Ms. Stefanik introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of Defense to cooperate with Israel to 
  develop directed energy capabilities to detect and defeat ballistic 
                   missiles, 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 ``U.S.-Israel Security Cooperation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL DIRECTED ENERGY COOPERATION.

    (a) Authority To Establish Directed Energy Capabilities Program 
With Israel.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, upon the request 
        of the Ministry of Defense of Israel, and in consultation with 
        the Secretary of State, may carry out research, development, 
        test, and evaluation activities, on a joint basis with Israel, 
        to establish directed energy capabilities to detect and defeat 
        ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, 
        mortars, and improvised explosive devices that threaten the 
        United States, deployed forces of the United States, or Israel. 
        Any activities carried out pursuant to such authority shall be 
        conducted in a manner that appropriately protects sensitive 
        information and the national security interests of the United 
        States and Israel.
            (2) Report.--The activities described in paragraph (1) may 
        be carried out after the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress a report setting forth the 
        following:
                    (A) A memorandum of agreement between the United 
                States and Israel regarding sharing of research and 
                development costs for the capabilities described in 
                paragraph (1), and any supporting documents.
                    (B) A certification that the memorandum of 
                agreement--
                            (i) requires sharing of costs of projects, 
                        including in-kind support, between the United 
                        States and Israel;
                            (ii) establishes a framework to negotiate 
                        the rights to any intellectual property 
                        developed under the memorandum of agreement; 
                        and
                            (iii) requires the United States Government 
                        to receive semiannual reports on expenditure of 
                        funds, if any, by the Government of Israel, 
                        including a description of what the funds have 
                        been used for, when funds were expended, and an 
                        identification of entities that expended the 
                        funds.
            (3) Annual limitation on amount.--The amount of support 
        provided under this subsection in any year may not exceed 
        $25,000,000.
    (b) Lead Agency.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate the 
Missile Defense Agency as the appropriate research and development 
entity and as the lead agency of the Department of Defense in carrying 
out this section.
    (c) Semiannual Reports.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress on a semiannual basis a report 
that contains a copy of the most recent semiannual report provided by 
the Government of Israel to the Department of Defense pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii).
    (d) Sunset.--The authority in this section to carry out activities 
described in subsection (a) shall expire on December 31, 2018.
    (e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
        Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
        Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee 
        on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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