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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 462 

To enhance the strategic partnership between the United States and Israel. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 5, 2013 

Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. 

CARDIN, and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To enhance the strategic partnership between the United 

States and 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 Strategic Partnership Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) The people and the Governments of the 

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1 able bond, forged by over 60 years of shared inter2 ests and shared values. 

3 (2) Today, the people and Governments of the 

4 United States and Israel are facing a dynamic and 

5 rapidly changing security environment in the Middle 

6 East and North Africa, necessitating deeper co7 operation on a range of defense, security, and intel8 ligence matters. 

9 (3) From Gaza, Hamas continues to deny 

10 Israel’s right to exist and persists in firing rockets 

11 indiscriminately at population centers in Israel. 

12 (4) Hezbollah—with support from Iran—con13 tinues to stockpile rockets and may be seeking to ex14 ploit the tragic and volatile security situation within 

15 Syria. 

16 (5) The Government of Iran continues to pose 

17 a grave threat to the region and the world at large 

18 with its reckless uranium enrichment program and 

19 defiance of multiple United Nations Security Council 

20 resolutions. 

21 (6) The civil war in Syria is threatening the se22 curity of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, which 

23 could be deployed against its own people or fall into 

24 the hands of terrorists. 


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1 (7) Given these challenges, it is imperative that 

2 the United States continue to deepen cooperation 

3 with allies like Israel in pursuit of shared policy ob4 jectives. 

5 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

6 It is the policy of the United States— 

7 (1) to reaffirm the unwavering support of the 

8 United States for the security of Israel as a Jewish 

9 state; 

10 (2) to reaffirm the principals and objectives en11 shrined in the United States-Israel Enhanced Secu12 rity Cooperation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–150) 

13 and ensure its implementation to the fullest extent; 

14 (3) to reaffirm the importance of the 2007 

15 United States-Israel Memorandum of Understanding 

16 on United States assistance to Israel and the semi17 annual Strategic Dialogue between the United 

18 States and Israel; 

19 (4) to pursue every opportunity to deepen co20 operation with Israel on a range of critical issues in21 cluding defense, homeland, energy, and cyber secu22 rity; 

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1 curement, and maintenance of the Iron Dome Mis2 sile Defense System; and 

3 (6) to support the Government of Israel in its 

4 ongoing efforts to reach a negotiated political settle5 ment with the Palestinian people that results in two 

6 states living side-by-side in peace and security. 

7 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ISRAEL AS A MAJOR STRA8 TEGIC PARTNER. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that Israel is a Major 

10 Strategic Partner. 

11 SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AU12 THORITY. 

13 (a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

14 ACT, 2005.—Section 12001(d) of the Department of De15 fense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 

16 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking ‘‘more than 10 

17 years after’’ and inserting ‘‘more than 11 years after’’. 

18 (b) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—Section 

19 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

20 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 

21 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘, 2014, and 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. ELIGIBILITY OF ISRAEL FOR THE STRATEGIC 

2 TRADE AUTHORIZATION EXCEPTION TO CER3 TAIN EXPORT CONTROL LICENSING RE4 QUIREMENTS. 

5 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that Israel— 

6 (1) has declared its unilateral adherence to the 

7 Missile Technology Control Regime and the 

8 Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for 

9 Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Tech10 nologies; 

11 (2) is a party to— 

12 (A) the Convention on Prohibitions or Re13 strictions on the Use of Certain Conventional 

14 Weapons which may be Deemed to be Exces15 sively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Ef16 fects, signed at Geneva October 10, 1980; 

17 (B) the Protocol for the Prohibition of the 

18 Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or 

19 Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of 

20 Warfare, signed at Geneva June 17, 1925; and 

21 (C) the Convention on the Physical Protec22 tion of Nuclear Material, adopted at Vienna on 

23 October 26, 1979; and 

24 (3) is a country with a low risk of diversion of 

25 items subject to export controls. 


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1 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR STRATEGIC TRADE AUTHOR2 IZATION EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 

3 take steps to include Israel in the list of countries eligible 

4 for the strategic trade authorization exception under sec5 tion 740.20(c)(1) of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, 

6 to the requirement for a license for the export, reexport, 

7 or in-country transfer of an item subject to controls under 

8 the Export Administration Regulations, consistent with 

9 the obligations of the United States pursuant to inter10 national agreements. 

11 SEC. 7. ENERGY, WATER, HOMELAND SECURITY, AGRI12 CULTURE, AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL TECH13 NOLOGIES. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 

15 carry out United States-Israel cooperative activities and 

16 to provide assistance promoting cooperation in the fields 

17 of energy, water, homeland security, agriculture, and al18 ternative fuel technologies. 

19 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (a), 

20 the President is authorized to share and exchange with 

21 Israel research, technology, intelligence, information, 

22 equipment, and personnel that the President determines 

23 will advance the national security interests of the United 

24 States and is consistent with the Strategic Dialogue and 

25 pertinent provisions of law— 


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1 (1) by enhancing scientific cooperation between 

2 Israel and the United States; or 

3 (2) by the sale, lease, exchange in kind, or 

4 other techniques the President determines to be suit5 able. 

6 SEC. 8. REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES7 ISRAEL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON CYBER 

8 SECURITY. 

9 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress 

11 a report on the feasibility and advisability of establishing 

12 a joint United States-Israel Cyber Security Center for the 

13 purposes of sharing and advancing technologies related to 

14 the prevention of cybercrimes. 

15 SEC. 9. DESIGNATION OF ISRAEL AS VISA WAIVER PRO16 GRAM COUNTRY. 

17 Section 217(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 

18 Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(2)) is amended— 

19 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

20 by inserting ‘‘subparagraph (G) and’’ after ‘‘Except 

21 as provided in’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘(G) ISRAEL.—The State of Israel shall be 

24 designated as a program country on the date on 

25 which the Secretary of Homeland Security, 


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1 after consultation with the Secretary of State, 

2 certifies that the Government of Israel— 

3 ‘‘(i) has complied with all of the re4 quirements set forth in subparagraphs (B) 

5 through (F); and 

6 ‘‘(ii) has made every reasonable effort, 

7 without jeopardizing the security of the 

8 State of Israel, to ensure that reciprocal 

9 travel privileges are extended to all United 

10 States citizens.’’. 

11 SEC. 10. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 4 OF 

12 THE UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENHANCED SE13 CURITY COOPERATION ACT OF 2012. 

14 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Com16 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee 

17 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and 

18 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

19 House of Representatives a comprehensive report on cur20 rent and future efforts undertaken by the President to ful21 fill the objectives of section 4 of the United States-Israel 

22 Enhanced Security Cooperation Act (22 U.S.C. 8603). 

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