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(B) separate certifications for each such respective 
system. 
(3) TIMING.—The Under Secretary shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees the certification under para-
graph (1) by not later than 60 days before the funds specified 
in subsection (a) for the respective system covered by the certifi-
cation are provided to the Government of Israel. 
(c) WAIVER.—The Under Secretary may waive the certification 
required by subsection (b) if the Under Secretary certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees that the Under Secretary has 
received sufficient data from the Government of Israel to dem-
onstrate— 
(1) the funds specified in paragraph (1) and (2) of subsection 
(a) are provided to Israel solely for funding the procurement 
of long-lead components in accordance with a production plan, 
including a funding profile detailing Israeli contributions for 
production, including long-lead production, of either David’s 
Sling Weapon System or the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor 
Program; 
(2) such long-lead components have successfully completed 
knowledge points, technical milestones, and production readi-
ness reviews; and 
(3) the long-lead procurement will be conducted in a 
manner that maximizes coproduction in the United States with-
out incurring additional nonrecurring engineering activity or 
cost. 
(d) PLAN
ON
COPRODUCTION
OF
DAVID’S
SLING
WEAPON 
SYSTEM.—At the same time that the President submits to Congress 
the budget for fiscal year 2017 under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 
and the Under Secretary shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a plan to achieve a rate of coproduction 
by United States industry of parts and components of the David’s 
Sling Weapon System at a level that is not less than 50 percent. 
Such plan shall include— 
(1) a timeline for achieving such a level of coproduction; 
(2) any nonrecurring engineering or facilitization costs 
related to such coproduction, costs for additional testing and 
training, and other additional associated costs; 
(3) a recommendation for whether carrying out such plan 
is in the national interest of the United States; and 
(4) any other matter the Director and Under Secretary 
consider appropriate. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means 
the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
SEC. 1680. BOOST PHASE DEFENSE SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) prioritize technology investments in the Department 
of Defense to support feasible and cost-effective efforts by the 
Missile Defense Agency to develop and field an airborne boost 
phase defense system by not later than fiscal year 2025;
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(2) ensure that development and fielding of a boost phase 
missile defense layer to the ballistic missile defense system 
supports multiple warfighter missile defense requirements, 
including, specifically, protection of the United States homeland 
and allies of the United States against ballistic missiles, 
particularly in the boost phase; 
(3) continue development and fielding of high-energy lasers, 
electromagnetic and other railgun technology, high-power 
microwave systems, and other advanced technologies as part 
of a layered architecture to defend ships and theater bases 
against air and cruise missile strikes; 
(4) encourage collaboration among the military depart-
ments and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 
with respect to high energy laser efforts carried out in support 
of the Missile Defense Agency; and 
(5) ensure cooperation and coordination between the Missile 
Defense Agency with respect to the plans of the Missile Defense 
Agency to develop an airborne laser and the requirements 
of the Air Force for unmanned aerial vehicles. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the efforts of the Department of Defense to develop and deploy 
an airborne or other boost phase defense system for missile 
defense by fiscal year 2025. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) Such schedules, costs, warfighter requirements, 
operational concept, constraints, potential alternative boost 
phase approaches, and other information regarding the 
efforts described in paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(B) Analyses of the efforts described in paragraph (1) 
with respect to the following cases: 
(i) A case in which the Department is under no 
funding constraints with respect to such efforts and 
progress is based on the state of the technology. 
(ii) A case in which the Department is under 
funding constraints and the efforts are carried out 
in accordance with a moderately aggressive schedule 
and are subject to moderate technical risk. 
(iii) A case in which the Department is under 
funding constraints and the efforts are carried out 
in accordance with a less aggressive schedule and are 
subject to less technical risk. 
(C) An update on related efforts of the Department 
to develop high energy lasers, electromagnetic and other 
railguns, high power microwave systems, and other 
advanced technologies to defend ships and theater bases 
against air and cruise missile strikes and to protect the 
homeland of the United States and protect allies of the 
United States. 
(D) An evaluation of recommendations, including a 
listing of the recommendations, from industry on emerging 
technologies that could be applied for boost phase missile 
defense.
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(E) Such recommendations as the Secretary may have 
for legislative or administrative action to enable more rapid 
fielding of a directed-energy based missile defense system. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 1681. DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF MULTIPLE-OBJECT 
KILL VEHICLE FOR MISSILE DEFENSE OF THE UNITED 
STATES HOMELAND. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the defense of the United States homeland against 
the threat of limited ballistic missile attack (whether accidental, 
unauthorized, or deliberate) is the highest priority of the Missile 
Defense Agency; 
(2) the Missile Defense Agency is appropriately prioritizing 
the design, development, and deployment of the redesigned 
kill vehicle; and 
(3) the multiple-object kill vehicle could contribute critical 
capabilities to the future of the ballistic missile defense of 
the United States homeland. 
(b) MULTIPLE-OBJECT KILL VEHICLE.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency shall develop a highly reliable multiple-object kill 
vehicle for the ground-based midcourse defense system using 
sound acquisition practices. 
(2) DEPLOYMENT.—The Director shall— 
(A) conduct rigorous flight testing of the multiple-object 
kill vehicle developed under paragraph (1) by not later 
than 2020; and 
(B) 
recognizing 
the 
primacy 
of 
developing 
the 
redesigned kill vehicle, produce and deploy the multiple- 
object kill vehicle as early as practicable after the date 
on which the Director carries out subparagraph (A). 
(c) CAPABILITIES AND CRITERIA.—The Director shall ensure that 
the multiple-object kill vehicle developed under subsection (b)(1) 
meets, at a minimum, the following capabilities and criteria: 
(1) Vehicle-to-vehicle communications. 
(2) Vehicle-to-ground communications. 
(3) Kill assessment capability. 
(4) The ability to counter advanced counter measures, 
decoys, and penetration aids. 
(5) Producibility and manufacturability. 
(6) Use of technology involving high technology readiness 
levels. 
(7) Options to be integrated onto other missile defense 
interceptor vehicles other than the ground-based interceptors 
of the ground-based midcourse defense system. 
(8) Sound acquisition processes. 
(d) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.—The management of the multiple- 
object kill vehicle program under subsection (b) shall report directly 
to the Deputy Director of the Missile Defense Agency. 
(e) REPORT ON FUNDING PROFILE.—The Director shall include 
with the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in 
support of the budget of the Department of Defense for fiscal 
year 2017 (as submitted with the budget of the President under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a report on the
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funding profile necessary for the multiple-object kill vehicle program 
to meet the objectives under subsection (b). 
SEC. 1682. REQUIREMENT TO REPLACE CAPABILITY ENHANCEMENT 
I EXOATMOSPHERIC KILL VEHICLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Director of 
the Missile Defense Agency shall ensure, to the maximum extent 
practicable, that all remaining ground-based interceptors of the 
ground-based midcourse defense system that are armed with the 
capability enhancement I exoatmospheric kill vehicle are replaced 
with the redesigned exoatmospheric kill vehicle before September 
30, 2022. 
(b) CONDITION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Director 
determines that flight and intercept testing of the redesigned 
exoatmospheric kill vehicle is not successful. 
SEC. 1683. DESIGNATION OF PREFERRED LOCATION OF ADDITIONAL 
MISSILE DEFENSE SITE IN THE UNITED STATES AND PLAN 
FOR EXPEDITING DEPLOYMENT TIME OF SUCH SITE. 
(a) SITE DESIGNATION.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the Secretary of Defense publishes the draft environmental 
impact statement pursuant to subsection (b) of section 227 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public 
Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1678), the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency, in consultation with the Commander of the United States 
Northern Command, shall designate, from among the sites evalu-
ated under subsection (a) of such section 227, the preferred site 
in the United States for the future deployment of an interceptor 
capable of protecting the homeland, as informed by— 
(1) such environmental impact statement; and 
(2) the operational effectiveness and cost effectiveness of 
such evaluated sites. 
(b) PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the Secretary of Defense makes the congressional 
notification of the finalization of the environmental impact 
statement prepared pursuant to section 227(b) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, the Secretary 
shall— 
(A) develop a plan for expediting the deployment time 
for the site designated under subsection (a) by at least 
two years, if the decision is made to proceed with such 
deployment; and 
(B) submit to the congressional defense committees 
such plan and any update, as may be necessary, to the 
designation made under subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The plan under paragraph (1)(A) 
shall include the following: 
(A) Estimates of the costs of carrying out the plan 
and a schedule for carrying out the plan. 
(B) An assessment of any risks associated with 
decreasing the deployment time of the site designated 
under subsection (a), including with respect to cost and 
the operational effectiveness and reliability of interceptors. 
(C) Identification of any deviation in the plan from 
sound acquisition processes, including with respect to 
testing prior to full operational capability designation.