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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4707 

To authorize a joint assessment of quantity of precision guided munitions 

for use by Israel, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 21, 2017 

Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. GRAVES of 

Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 

Services, 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 authorize a joint assessment of quantity of precision 

guided munitions for use by Israel, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Procure PGMS For 

5 Israel Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Hezbollah constitutes a major threat. 


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1 (2) Israel uses precision guided munitions to 

2 save civilian lives. 

3 (3) Congress authorized the War Reserves 

4 Stockpile-Israel primarily for use by United States 

5 Armed Forces to address regional contingencies. 

6 (4) Israeli supplies of precision guided muni7 tions dwindled during the 2006 Lebanon War. 

8 (5) Given the enhanced threat of Hezbollah to 

9 Israel, there is a need to ensure the War Reserves 

10 Stock Allies-Israel is sufficiently large to meet the 

11 threat while ensuring adequate supplies for the 

12 United States. 

13 SEC. 3. JOINT ASSESSMENT OF QUANTITY OF PRECISION 

14 GUIDED MUNITIONS FOR USE BY ISRAEL. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through the 

16 Secretary of Defense, is authorized to conduct a joint as17 sessment with the Government of Israel with respect to 

18 the matters described in subsection (b). 

19 (b) MATTERS DESCRIBED.—The matters described 

20 in this subsection are the following: 

21 (1) The quantity and type of precision guided 

22 munitions that are necessary for Israel to combat 

23 Hezbollah in the event of a sustained armed con24 frontation between Israel and Hezbollah. 


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1 (2) The plan of the Government of Israel to ac2 quire such precision guided munitions. 

3 (3) The role of the United States to assist the 

4 Government of Israel in carrying out the plan de5 scribed in paragraph (2), if any. 

6 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 15 days after the date 

7 on which the joint assessment authorized under subsection 

8 (a) is completed, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 

9 a report that contains the joint assessment. 

10 SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AP11 PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005. 

12 Section 12001 of the Department of Defense Appro13 priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 

14 1011) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘(other 

16 than precision guided munitions)’’ after ‘‘and other 

17 munitions’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘this section’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 

20 (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub21 section (e); and 

22 (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol23 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(d)(1) Notwithstanding section 514 of the Foreign 

2 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), the President 

3 is authorized to— 

4 ‘‘(A) add precision guided munitions to reserve 

5 stocks for Israel; and 

6 ‘‘(B) transfer precision guided munitions from 

7 reserve stocks for Israel to or for use by the Govern8 ment of Israel for the purpose of assisting Israel de9 fend itself against rockets fired by Hezbollah or 

10 other terrorist organizations within the prior 30 

11 days and with the likely possibility of a sustained 

12 conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. 

13 ‘‘(2) Not later than 5 days before making a transfer 

14 under paragraph (1), the President shall certify to the 

15 Committees on Foreign Relations and Armed Services of 

16 the Senate and the Committees on Foreign Affairs and 

17 Armed Services of the House of Representatives that the 

18 transfer of the precision guided munitions— 

19 ‘‘(A) meets the requirements described in para20 graph (1)(B); 

21 ‘‘(B) does not affect the ability of the United 

22 States to maintain a sufficient supply of precision 

23 guided munitions; and 

24 ‘‘(C) does not harm the combat readiness of the 

25 United States or the ability of the United States to 


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1 meet its commitment to allies for the sale of such 

2 munitions.’’. 

3 SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that Department of De5 fense should work with the defense industrial base to en6 sure it is able to produce precision guided munitions with 

7 greater rapidity in order to resupply United States efforts 

8 to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) 

9 and to assist allies such as Israel in their fight against 

10 Hezbollah. 

11 SEC. 6. MODIFICATION OF RAPID ACQUISITION AND DE12 PLOYMENT PROCEDURES. 

13 (a) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 806(a) of the Bob 

15 Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fis16 cal Year 2003 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note; 116 Stat. 

17 2607) is amended— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘; 

19 and’’ at the end; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe21 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(3) urgently needed to support production of 

24 precision guided munitions— 


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1 ‘‘(A) for United States counterterrorism 

2 missions; or 

3 ‘‘(B) to assist an ally of the United States 

4 under direct missile threat from an organization 

5 the Secretary of State has designated as a for6 eign terrorist organization pursuant to section 

7 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

8 U.S.C. 1189).’’. 

9 (2) PRESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURES.—The Sec10 retary of Defense shall prescribe procedures for the 

11 rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and as12 sociated support services for purposes described in 

13 paragraph (3) of section 806(a) of the Bob Stump 

14 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

15 2003, as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection, 

16 not later than 180 days after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act. 

18 (b) USE OF AMOUNTS IN SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUI19 SITION FUND.—Section 114(c)(3) of title 10, United 

20 States Code, is amended by inserting at the end before 

21 the period the following: ‘‘or to assist an ally of the United 

22 States that is under direct missile threat, including from 

23 a terrorist organization supported by Iran, and such 


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1 threat adversely affects the safety and security of such 

2 ally’’. 

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