[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3335-S3337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6139. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2027 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:

       Strike section 845.
       Strike section 1217 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1217. STUDY ON ISRAEL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION 
                   INITIATIVE.

       (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense, along with 
     the Director of National Intelligence, shall conduct a 
     feasibility study on synchronizing bilateral defense 
     technology cooperative efforts between the United States and 
     Israel.

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       (b) Elements.--The study under required under subsection 
     (a) shall include the following:
       (1) A cost-benefit analysis, including the projected fiscal 
     costs, of establishing an initiative to expand and accelerate 
     bilateral defense technology research, development, testing, 
     evaluation, integration, and industrial cooperation with 
     Israel including by--
       (A) identifying jointly developed or Israeli-origin 
     technologies with operational utility for integration into 
     United States systems and programs of record;
       (B) conducting collaborative research initiatives involving 
     government, private sector, and academic institutions in the 
     United States and Israel, in a manner that protects sensitive 
     technology and information and the national security 
     interests of the United States and Israel;
       (C) facilitating the transition of technologies from 
     research and development into procurement and acquisition 
     pathways;
       (D) establishing frameworks for joint ventures, licensing 
     agreements, and United States based co-production or 
     manufacturing partnerships with Israeli industry;
       (E) coordinating with relevant Department of Defense 
     components, including the Irregular Warfare Technical Support 
     Directorate, capability development and innovation divisions, 
     the Defense Innovation Unit, the United States-Israel 
     Operations Technology Working Group, the Defense Advanced 
     Research Projects Agency, the Missile Defense Agency, the 
     United States Space Command, and the military services, to 
     align efforts and avoid duplication; and
       (F) promoting joint training exercises and information-
     sharing mechanisms to enhance operational readiness to deploy 
     jointly developed technologies.
       (2) An evaluation of whether and how United States national 
     security interests are served through the elements described 
     in paragraph (1) on domain areas described in subsection (c) 
     and how those determinations were made.
       (3) An analysis of existing initiatives to expand and 
     accelerate bilateral defense technology research, 
     development, testing, evaluation, integration, and industrial 
     cooperation with NATO countries, Japan, the United Kingdom, 
     Australia, and any other treaty allies in domain areas 
     described in subsection (c).
       (4) An assessment of existing cooperation with Israel on 
     any bilateral defense technology research, development, 
     testing, evaluation, integration, coproduction agreements, 
     and industrial cooperation on domain areas described in 
     subsection (c), including whether any jointly developed 
     technologies or systems allow one of the parties to prevent 
     the other from using or transferring the technology.
       (5) An assessment of counterintelligence risks associated 
     with entering into any bilateral defense technology research, 
     development, testing, evaluation, integration, and industrial 
     cooperation with Israel on the domain areas referenced in 
     subsection (c).
       (c) Domain Areas.--Specific efforts for expansion to be 
     analyzed in the study required under subsection (a) should 
     include the following domain areas:
       (1) Counter-Unmanned Systems, including aerial, maritime, 
     and ground platforms.
       (2) Anti-tunneling and subterranean threats.
       (3) Missile and air defense technologies, including Golden 
     Dome for America.
       (4) Artificial intelligence, quantum, machine learning, and 
     autonomous systems.
       (5) Directed energy and advanced sensing.
       (6) Cyber defense, electronic warfare, and digital 
     resilience.
       (7) Biotechnology, biomanufacturing, and medical defense.
       (8) Network integration, data fusion, and contested 
     logistics.
       (9) Defense industrial base cooperation, manufacturing, and 
     co-production.
       (10) Other emerging technologies as jointly agreed by the 
     United States and Israel.
       (d) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees an 
     unclassified report on the results of the study conducted 
     under this section.
       (2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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