Ensuring Peace Through Strength in Israel Act

Subjects: International Affairs


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1504 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1504

To ensure peace through strength in Israel by requiring a Department of 
 Defense assessment of the quantity of precision-guided munitions and 
       other munitions for use by Israel, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2023

  Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure peace through strength in Israel by requiring a Department of 
 Defense assessment of the quantity of precision-guided munitions and 
       other munitions for use by Israel, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Peace Through Strength in 
Israel Act''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH IN ISRAEL.

    (a) Department of Defense Assessment.--Subsection (b) of section 
1273 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2066) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(b) Department of Defense Assessment of Quantity of Precision-
Guided Munitions and Other Munitions for Use by Israel.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than April 1, 2024, and 
        annually thereafter through 2028, the Secretary of Defense 
        shall conduct an assessment with respect to the following:
                    ``(A) The quantity and type of precision-guided 
                munitions necessary for Israel to protect Israel and 
                prevail in the event of a sustained armed confrontation 
                between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran and the 
                proxy forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including 
                Hezbollah and Hamas.
                    ``(B) The quantity and type of other munitions 
                necessary for Israel to protect Israel and prevail in 
                the event of a sustained armed confrontation between 
                Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran and the proxy 
                forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including 
                Hezbollah and Hamas.
                    ``(C) The quantity and type of precision-guided 
                munitions necessary for Israel to protect Israel and 
                prevail in the event of a sustained armed confrontation 
                between Israel and Hezbollah.
                    ``(D) The quantity and type of precision-guided 
                munitions necessary for Israel to protect Israel and 
                prevail in the event of a sustained armed confrontation 
                between Israel and any other armed group or terrorist 
                organization, such as Hamas.
                    ``(E) The resources the Government of Israel would 
                need to dedicate to acquire the quantity and type of 
                munitions described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).
                    ``(F) Whether, as of the date on which the 
                applicable joint assessment is completed, sufficient 
                quantities and types of munitions to conduct operations 
                described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) are present 
                in--
                            ``(i) the inventory of the military forces 
                        of Israel;
                            ``(ii) the War Reserves Stock Allies-
                        Israel;
                            ``(iii) any other United States stockpile 
                        or depot within the area of responsibility of 
                        United States Central Command, as the Secretary 
                        of Defense considers appropriate to disclose to 
                        the Government of Israel; or
                            ``(iv) the inventory of the United States 
                        Armed Forces, as the Secretary of Defense 
                        considers appropriate to disclose to the 
                        Government of Israel.
                    ``(G) United States planning--
                            ``(i) to assist Israel to prepare for the 
                        contingencies described in subparagraphs (A) 
                        through (D); and
                            ``(ii) to resupply Israel with the quantity 
                        and type of munitions described in 
                        subparagraphs (A) through (D) in the event of 
                        such a contingency.
                    ``(H) The quantity and pace at which the United 
                States is capable of pre-positioning, rapidly 
                replenishing, or assisting in the rapid replenishment 
                of stockpiles of such munitions in the inventory of the 
                military forces of Israel and the War Reserves Stock 
                Allies-Israel in preparation for, and to conduct, the 
                operations described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).
            ``(2) Consultation.--In carrying out the assessment 
        required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall 
        consult with the Government of Israel, provided that the 
        Government of Israel agrees to be so consulted.''.
    (b) Report.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Report'' and 
        inserting ``Reports'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``In 
                general'' and inserting ``Department of defense 
                assessment''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the President'' and inserting 
                ``the Secretary of Defense'';
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (3) and (4); and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph (2):
            ``(2) Inventory.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the report in paragraph (1) is submitted, and every 90 
        days thereafter through December 31, 2028, the Secretary of 
        Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees a report on the actions being taken and the progress 
        made by the United States, since the date on which the 
        preceding report under paragraph (1) was submitted, to pre-
        position and ensure that the inventory of the military forces 
        of Israel and the War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel have 
        sufficient quantities and types of munitions in preparation 
        for, and to conduct, the operations described in subparagraphs 
        (A) through (D) of subsection (b)(1), including procedures 
        implemented by the United States for rapidly replenishing, or 
        assisting in the rapid replenishment of, stockpiles of such 
        munitions for use by Israel as may be necessary.''.
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