[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5302 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5302

To amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 
 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 establish a United States-Israel Operations-
            Technology Working Group and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2021

  Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Schneider, and Mrs. 
Murphy of Florida) 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 amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 
 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 establish a United States-Israel Operations-
            Technology Working Group 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 Military Technology 
Cooperation Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL OPERATIONS-TECHNOLOGY 
              COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES-ISRAEL DEFENSE 
              ACQUISITION ADVISORY GROUP.

    Section 1299M of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and inserting 
        ``establishment of united states-israel operations-technology 
        working group'';
            (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of State, shall take actions 
        within the United States-Israel Defense Acquisition Advisory 
        Group--
                    ``(A) to provide a standing forum for the United 
                States and Israel to systematically share intelligence-
                informed military capability requirements;
                    ``(B) to identify military capability requirements 
                common to the Department of Defense and the Ministry of 
                Defense of Israel;
                    ``(C) to assist defense suppliers in the United 
                States and Israel by assessing recommendations from 
                such defense suppliers with respect to joint science, 
                technology, research, development, test, evaluation, 
                and production efforts; and
                    ``(D) to develop, as feasible and advisable, 
                combined United States-Israel plans to research, 
                develop, procure, and field weapon systems and military 
                capabilities as quickly and economically as possible to 
                meet common capability requirements of the Department 
                and the Ministry of Defense of Israel.
            ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall be construed as requiring the termination of any existing 
        United States defense activity, group, program, or partnership 
        with Israel.'';
            (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Establishment of United States-Israel Operations-Technology 
Working Group Within the United States-Israel Defense Acquisition 
Advisory Group.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
        Fiscal Year 2022, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
        with the appropriate heads of other Federal agencies and with 
        the concurrence of the Minister of Defense of Israel, shall 
        establish, under the United States vice chairman of the United 
        States-Israel Defense Acquisition Advisory Group, a United 
        States-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group to address 
        operations and technology matters described in subsection 
        (a)(1).
            ``(2) Extension with respect to terms of reference.--The 1-
        year period under paragraph (1) may be extended for up to 180 
        days if the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
        Secretary of State, certifies in writing to the appropriate 
        congressional committees that additional time is needed to 
        finalize the terms of reference. Such certification shall be 
        made in unclassified form.''; and
            (4) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ``United States-
        Israel Defense Acquisition Advisory Group'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``United States-Israel Operations-
        Technology Working Group''.
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