[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2083. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. SENSE OF SENATE ON UNITED STATES-ISRAEL 
                   COOPERATION ON PRECISION-GUIDED MUNITIONS.

       It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the Department of Defense has cooperated extensively 
     with Israel to assist in the procurement of precision-guided 
     munitions, and such cooperation represents an important 
     example of robust United States support for Israel;
       (2) to the extent practicable, the Secretary of Defense 
     should take further measures to expedite deliveries of 
     precision-guided munitions to Israel; and
       (3) regularized annual purchases of precision-guided 
     munitions by Israel, in accordance with existing requirements 
     and practices regarding the export of defense articles and 
     defense services, coordinated with the United States Air 
     Force annual purchase of precision-guided munitions, would 
     enhance the security of both the United States and Israel 
     by--
       (A) promoting a more efficient use of defense resources by 
     taking advantage of economies of scale;
       (B) enabling the United States and Israel to address crisis 
     requirements for precision-guided munitions in a timely and 
     flexible manner; and
       (C) encouraging the defense industrial base to maintain 
     routine production lines of precision-guided munitions.
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