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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5117 

To authorize the President to enter into a cooperative project agreement 

with Israel to counter unmanned aerial vehicles that threaten the United 

States or Israel. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2018 

Mr. CRIST (for himself and Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the President to enter into a cooperative project 

agreement with Israel to counter unmanned aerial vehicles that threaten the United States or Israel. 

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 Joint Drone Detection Cooperation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE 

2 PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL TO 

3 COUNTER UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES 

4 THAT THREATEN THE UNITED STATES OR 

5 ISRAEL. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) On February 10, 2018, Iran launched an 

8 unmanned aerial vehicle (commonly known as a 

9 ‘‘drone’’) from Syria that penetrated Israeli air10 space. 

11 (2) Israeli officials noted that the unmanned 

12 aerial vehicle was in Israeli airspace for a minute 

13 and a half before being shot down by the Israeli air 

14 force. 

15 (3) Senior Israeli officials stated that the un16 manned aerial vehicle was an advanced piece of tech17 nology. 

18 (4) It remains unclear whether the unmanned 

19 aerial vehicle was armed. Nonetheless, the launch, 

20 and sophistication of the unmanned aerial vehicle, 

21 highlight the threat Israel faces from unmanned aer22 ial vehicles from Iranian forces active in Syria and 

23 from Hezbollah in Lebanon. 

24 (5) The United States likewise faces the threat 

25 of unmanned aerial vehicles along the United States 

26 border and in areas of active hostilities, including 


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1 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Islamic State of 

2 Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria and un3 manned aerial vehicles manufactured of al-Qaeda in 

4 Afghanistan. 

5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con6 gress that— 

7 (1) joint research and development to counter 

8 unmanned aerial vehicles will serve the national se9 curity interests of the United States and Israel; 

10 (2) Israel faces urgent and emerging threats 

11 from unmanned aerial vehicles and other unmanned 

12 aerial vehicles, launched from Lebanon by Hezbol13 lah, from Syria by forces of Iran’s Revolutionary 

14 Guard Corps, or from others seeking to attack 

15 Israel; and 

16 (3) the United States and Israel should con17 tinue to work together to defend against all threats 

18 to the safety, security, and national interests of both 

19 countries. 

20 (c) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 

22 to enter into a cooperative project agreement with 

23 Israel under the authority of section 27 of the Arms 

24 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2767) to carry out 

25 research on and development, testing, evaluation, 


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1 and joint production (including follow-on support) of 

2 defense articles and defense services to detect, track, 

3 and destroy unmanned aerial vehicles that threaten 

4 the United States or Israel. 

5 (2) APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.—The cooper6 ative project agreement described in paragraph 

7 (1)— 

8 (A) shall provide that any activities carried 

9 out pursuant to the agreement are subject to— 

10 (i) the applicable requirements de11 scribed in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) 

12 of section 27(b)(2) of the Arms Export 

13 Control Act; and 

14 (ii) any other applicable requirements 

15 of the Arms Export Control Act with re16 spect to the use, transfers, and security of 

17 such defense articles and defense services 

18 under that Act; and 

19 (B) shall establish a framework to nego20 tiate the rights to intellectual property devel21 oped under the agreement. 

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