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SEC. 1278. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE 
ROCKET DEFENSE SYSTEM. 
Congress— 
(1) reaffirms its commitment to the security of our ally 
and strategic partner, Israel; 
(2) fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself against 
acts of terrorism; 
(3) sympathizes with the families of Israelis who have 
come under the indiscriminate rocket fire from Hamas-con-
trolled Gaza; 
(4) recognizes the exceptional success of the Iron Dome 
short-range rocket defense system in defending the population 
of Israel; 
(5) desires to help ensure that Israel has the means to 
defend itself against terrorist attacks, including through the 
procurement of additional Iron Dome batteries and interceptors; 
and 
(6) urges the Department of Defense and the Department 
of State to explore with their Israeli counterparts and alert 
Congress of any requirements the Israeli Defense Force may 
have for additional Iron Dome batteries, interceptors, or other 
equipment depleted during the recent conflict with Hamas- 
controlled Gaza. 
SEC. 1279. BILATERAL DEFENSE TRADE RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIA. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the prospects 
for expanding defense trade between the United States and 
India within the context of their bilateral defense relationship. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the policies of the United States 
for enhancing cooperation and coordination between the 
Government of the United States and the Government 
of India on matters of shared security interests. 
(B) A description of the policies of the United States 
for expanding defense trade with India. 
(C) An assessment of the opportunities and challenges 
for expanding security ties between the United States and 
India, including those opportunities and challenges associ-
ated with defense trade relations. 
(D) The findings and conclusions of the comprehensive 
policy review required by subsection (b). 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE POLICY REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State, conduct a com-
prehensive policy review— 
(1) to examine the feasibility of engaging in co-production 
and co-development defense projects with India; and 
(2) to consider potential areas of cooperation to engage 
in co-production and co-development defense projects with India 
that are aligned with United States national security objectives. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means—
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(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1280. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLO-
MACY. 
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 604(a)(1) of the United 
States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 
U.S.C. 1469(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this 
section as the ‘Commission’)’’ before the period at the end. 
(b) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 604(c) of such Act 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Commission shall 
appraise United States Government activities intended to under-
stand, inform, and influence foreign publics. The activities described 
in this subsection shall be referred to in this section as ‘public 
diplomacy activities’.’’. 
(c) REPORTS.—Section 604(d) of such Act is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than annually, 
the Commission shall submit a comprehensive report on 
public diplomacy and international broadcasting activities 
to Congress, the President, and the Secretary of State. 
This report shall include— 
‘‘(i) a detailed list of all public diplomacy activities 
funded by the United States Government; 
‘‘(ii) a description of— 
‘‘(I) the purpose, means, and geographic scope 
of each activity; 
‘‘(II) when each activity was started; 
‘‘(III) the amount of Federal funding expended 
on each activity; 
‘‘(IV) 
any 
significant 
outside 
sources 
of 
funding; and 
‘‘(V) the Federal department or agency to 
which the activity belongs; 
‘‘(iii) the international broadcasting activities 
under the direction of the Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors; 
‘‘(iv) an assessment of potentially duplicative 
public diplomacy and international broadcasting activi-
ties; and 
‘‘(v) for any activities determined to be ineffective 
or results not demonstrated under subparagraph (B), 
recommendations on existing effective or moderately 
effective public diplomacy activities that could be aug-
mented to carry out the objectives of the ineffective 
activities. 
‘‘(B) EFFECTIVENESS ASSESSMENT.—In evaluating the 
public diplomacy and international broadcasting activities 
described in subparagraph (A), the Commission shall con-
duct an assessment that considers the public diplomacy 
target impact, the achieved impact, and the cost of public 
diplomacy activities and international broadcasting. The
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assessment shall include, if practicable, an appropriate 
metric such as ‘cost-per-audience’ or ‘cost-per-student’ for 
each activity. Upon the completion of the assessment, the 
Commission shall assign a rating of— 
‘‘(i) ‘effective’ for activities that— 
‘‘(I) set appropriate goals and achieve all or 
most of the desired results; 
‘‘(II) are well-managed; and 
‘‘(III) are cost efficient; 
‘‘(ii) ‘moderately effective’ for activities that— 
‘‘(I) set appropriate goals and achieve some 
desired results; 
‘‘(II) are generally well-managed; and 
‘‘(III) need to improve their cost efficiency, 
including reducing overhead; 
‘‘(iii) ‘ineffective’ for activities that— 
‘‘(I) lack appropriate goals or fail to achieve 
stated goals or desired results; 
‘‘(II) are not well-managed; or 
‘‘(III) are not cost efficient, such as through 
insufficient use of available resources to achieve 
stated goals or desired results, or have excessive 
overhead; and 
‘‘(iv) ‘results not demonstrated’ for activities that— 
‘‘(I) do not have acceptable performance public 
diplomacy metrics for measuring results; or 
‘‘(II) are unable or failed to collect data to 
determine if they are effective. 
‘‘(2) OTHER REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall submit other 
reports, including working papers, to Congress, the Presi-
dent, and the Secretary of State at least semi-annually 
on other activities and policies related to United States 
public diplomacy. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—The Commission shall make the 
reports submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) publicly 
available on the website of the Commission to develop 
a better understanding of, and support for, public diplomacy 
activities. 
‘‘(3) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
ensure that the Commission has access to all appropriate 
information to carry out its duties and responsibilities under 
this subsection.’’. 
(d) REAUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs 
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is 
amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘October 
1, 2015’’. 
(2) RETROACTIVITY OF EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 
made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 2010. 
(e) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for the United States Advisory Commis-
sion on Public Diplomacy to carry out section 604 of the United 
States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 
U.S.C. 1469), as amended by this section.
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SEC. 1281. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SALE OF AIRCRAFT TO TAIWAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8) codified 
the basis for commercial, cultural, and other relations between 
the people of the United States and the people of Taiwan; 
(2) the Taiwan Relations Act states that ‘‘the United States 
will make available to Taiwan such defense articles and defense 
services in such quantity as may be necessary to enable Taiwan 
to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability’’, and that ‘‘both 
the President and the Congress shall determine the nature 
and quantity of such defense articles and services based solely 
upon their judgment on the needs of Taiwan, in accordance 
with procedures established by law’’; 
(3) the United States, in accordance with the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act, should continue to make available to Taiwan such 
defense articles and services as may be necessary for Taiwan 
to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability; 
(4) notwithstanding the upgrade of Taiwan’s F–16 A/B 
aircraft, Taiwan will experience a growing shortfall in fighter 
aircraft, particularly as its F–5 aircraft are retired from service; 
and 
(5) the President should take steps to address Taiwan’s 
shortfall in fighter aircraft, whether through the sale of F– 
16 C/D aircraft or other aircraft of similar capability, as may 
be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self- 
defense capability. 
SEC. 1282. BRIEFINGS ON DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES 
AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON NUCLEAR ARMS, MIS-
SILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS, AND LONG-RANGE CONVEN-
TIONAL STRIKE SYSTEMS. 
(a) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and not less than twice each year thereafter, 
the President, or the President’s designee, shall brief the Committee 
on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate on the dialogue between the United States and the 
Russian Federation on issues related to limits or controls on nuclear 
arms, missile defense systems, or long-range conventional strike 
systems. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.—It is the 
sense of Congress that any agreement between the United States 
and the Russian Federation related to nuclear arms, missile defense 
systems, or long-range conventional strike systems obligating the 
United States to reduce or limit the Armed Forces or armaments 
of the United States in any militarily significant manner may 
be made only pursuant to the treaty-making power of the President 
as set forth in Article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution 
of the United States. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to be inconsistent with or to interfere with the practices, 
precedents, or oversight of the House of Representatives.