[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 130 (Wednesday, August 1, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5589]
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SA 3690. Mr. GARDNER (for Mr. Rubio) proposed an amendment to the
bill S. 2497, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms
Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and security
assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriations of funds to
Israel, and for other purposes; as follows:
On page 29, after line 26, add the following:
(5) The current United States inventory of the precision
guided munitions described in paragraphs (1) and (2), and an
assessment whether such inventory meets the United States
total munitions requirement.
On page 31, strike line 20 and insert ``at the end and
inserting ``; or''; and''.
On page 40, after line 21, add the following:
(d) Report on Cooperation.--
(1) Report required.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees (as that term
is defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States
Code), the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report describing the cooperation of the
United States with Israel with respect to countering unmanned
aerial systems that includes each of the following:
(A) An identification of specific capability gaps of the
United States and Israel with respect to countering unmanned
aerial systems.
(B) An identification of cooperative projects that would
address those capability gaps and mutually benefit and
strengthen the security of the United States and Israel.
(C) An assessment of the projected cost for research and
development efforts for such cooperative projects, including
an identification of those to be conducted in the United
States, and the timeline for the completion of each such
project.
(D) An assessment of the extent to which the capability
gaps of the United States identified pursuant to subparagraph
(A) are not likely to be addressed through the cooperative
projects identified pursuant to subparagraph (B).
(E) An assessment of the projected costs for procurement
and fielding of any capabilities developed jointly pursuant
to an agreement described in subsection (c).
(2) Limitation.--No activities may be conducted pursuant to
an agreement described in subsection (c) until the date that
is 15 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense
submits the report required under paragraph (1).
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