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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4810 

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to cooperate with Israel to develop 

directed energy capabilities to detect and defeat ballistic missiles, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2016 

Ms. STEFANIK 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 authorize the Secretary of Defense to cooperate with 

Israel to develop directed energy capabilities to detect 

and defeat ballistic missiles, 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 ‘‘U.S.-Israel Security 

5 Cooperation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL DIRECTED ENERGY CO2 OPERATION. 

3 (a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DIRECTED ENERGY

4 CAPABILITIES PROGRAM WITH ISRAEL.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 

6 upon the request of the Ministry of Defense of 

7 Israel, and in consultation with the Secretary of 

8 State, may carry out research, development, test, 

9 and evaluation activities, on a joint basis with Israel, 

10 to establish directed energy capabilities to detect and 

11 defeat ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, unmanned 

12 aerial vehicles, mortars, and improvised explosive de13 vices that threaten the United States, deployed 

14 forces of the United States, or Israel. Any activities 

15 carried out pursuant to such authority shall be con16 ducted in a manner that appropriately protects sen17 sitive information and the national security interests 

18 of the United States and Israel. 

19 (2) REPORT.—The activities described in para20 graph (1) may be carried out after the Secretary of 

21 Defense submits to the appropriate committees of 

22 Congress a report setting forth the following: 

23 (A) A memorandum of agreement between 

24 the United States and Israel regarding sharing 

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1 bilities described in paragraph (1), and any 

2 supporting documents. 

3 (B) A certification that the memorandum 

4 of agreement— 

5 (i) requires sharing of costs of 

6 projects, including in-kind support, be7 tween the United States and Israel; 

8 (ii) establishes a framework to nego9 tiate the rights to any intellectual property 

10 developed under the memorandum of 

11 agreement; and 

12 (iii) requires the United States Gov13 ernment to receive semiannual reports on 

14 expenditure of funds, if any, by the Gov15 ernment of Israel, including a description 

16 of what the funds have been used for, 

17 when funds were expended, and an identi18 fication of entities that expended the 

19 funds. 

20 (3) ANNUAL LIMITATION ON AMOUNT.—The 

21 amount of support provided under this subsection in 

22 any year may not exceed $25,000,000. 

23 (b) LEAD AGENCY.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

24 designate the Missile Defense Agency as the appropriate 


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1 research and development entity and as the lead agency 

2 of the Department of Defense in carrying out this section. 

3 (c) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary of De4 fense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con5 gress on a semiannual basis a report that contains a copy 

6 of the most recent semiannual report provided by the Gov7 ernment of Israel to the Department of Defense pursuant 

8 to subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii). 

9 (d) SUNSET.—The authority in this section to carry 

10 out activities described in subsection (a) shall expire on 

11 December 31, 2018. 

12 (e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE13 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit14 tees of Congress’’ means— 

15 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

16 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 

17 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the 

18 Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Com19 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

20 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

21 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

22 Homeland Security, the Committee on Appropria23 tions, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel24 ligence of the House of Representatives. 

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