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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5063 

To provide for increased authorities relating to United States-Israel unmanned 

aerial systems cooperation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2019 

Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio) 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 

A BILL 

To provide for increased authorities relating to United 

States-Israel unmanned aerial systems cooperation. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Israel 

5 Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Cooperation Enhance6 ment Act’’ or the ‘‘U.S.-Israel Anti-Killer Drone Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) remain a 

2 threat to Israel and to the United States. 

3 (2) In August 2019, Israeli forces struck Ira4 nian Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force and 

5 Iranian-backed militia facilities to thwart a planned 

6 drone attack on Israel. 

7 (3) In February 2018, Iran launched an armed 

8 drone from Syria into Israeli airspace, which Israeli 

9 warplanes destroyed. 

10 (4) On September 19, 2017, Israeli forces de11 stroyed an Iranian supplied Hezbollah UAS over 

12 Syria. 

13 (5) Pursuant to the authority of section 1279 

14 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

15 Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 22 U.S.C. 8606 

16 note), as amended by section 1272(a) of the John S. 

17 McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fis18 cal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), the Depart19 ment of Defense and the Ministry of Defense of 

20 Israel identified several gaps in UAS technology. 

21 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

22 It is the sense of Congress that the United States 

23 should enhance cooperation with Israel in developing mu24 tually beneficial counter unmanned aerial systems tech25 nologies. 


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1 SEC. 4. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL UNMANNED AERIAL SYS2 TEMS COOPERATION. 

3 (a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 1279 

4 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

5 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 22 U.S.C. 8606 note) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘IN

8 GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY’’; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’ and 

10 inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De12 fense’’; 

13 (3) by striking ‘‘United States or Israel.’’ and 

14 inserting the following: ‘‘United States or Israel. 

15 ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES TO BE INCLUDED.—Ac16 tivities carried out pursuant to such authority 

17 may include the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) Low-cost, close-range final protec19 tive fire kinetic counter unmanned aerial 

20 systems (C–UAS) capability. 

21 ‘‘(ii) Reduction of false alarm rates 

22 for tactical teams, an organic capability to 

23 detect, track, identify, and electronically 

24 deter and, where possible, capture small 

25 UAS that present a very low radar cross 

26 section. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) Non-kinetic means to detect, 

2 track, classify, take control of, and capture 

3 small UAS. 

4 ‘‘(iv) Dual air and ground individual 

5 weapon overmatch optic that enables oper6 ators to quickly target and destroy UAS at 

7 range of 300 meters during the day and 

8 200 meters at night. 

9 ‘‘(v) Radar systems for urban environ10 ments to facilitate detection of UAS 

11 threats when other techniques are not via12 ble. 

13 ‘‘(vi) Evaluation of the performance 

14 characteristics of radio frequency UAS sys15 tems in urban environments.’’; and 

16 (4) by striking ‘‘Any activities’’ and inserting 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(C) CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES.—Any ac19 tivities’’. 

20 (b) SUNSET.—Subsection (f) of such section is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 

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