[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3513]
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  SA 498. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL DIRECTED ENERGY CAPABILITIES 
                   COOPERATION.

       (a) Authority.--
       (1) In general.--(A) The Secretary of Defense, upon request 
     of the Ministry of Defense of Israel and with the concurrence 
     of the Secretary of State, is authorized to carry out 
     research, development, test, and evaluation activities, on a 
     joint basis with Israel, to establish directed energy 
     capabilities that address threats to the United States, 
     deployed forces of the United States, or Israel.
       (B) 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 the national security interests of 
     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.
       (b) Support in Connection With Activities.--
       (1) In general.--(A) The Secretary of Defense may provide 
     maintenance and sustainment support to Israel for the 
     directed energy capabilities research, development, test, and 
     evaluation activities authorized in subsection (a)(1).
       (B) Such authority includes authority to install equipment 
     necessary to carry out such research, development, test, and 
     evaluation.
       (2) Report.--The support described in paragraph (1) may not 
     be provided until 15 days after the Secretary of Defense 
     submits to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
     setting forth a detailed description of the support to be 
     provided.
       (3) Matching contribution.--The support described in 
     paragraph (1) may not be provided unless the Secretary of 
     Defense certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress 
     that the Government of Israel will contribute to such 
     support--
       (A) an amount equal to not less than the amount of support 
     to be so provided; or
       (B) an amount that otherwise meets the best efforts of 
     Israel, as mutually agreed to by the United States and 
     Israel.
       (c) Lead Agency.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate 
     an appropriate research and development entity of a military 
     department as the lead agency of the Department of Defense in 
     carrying out this section.
       (d) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the appropriate committees of Congress on an annual 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).
       (e) Definition of Appropriate Committees of Congress.--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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