bilities described in paragraph (1), and any 
supporting documents. 
(B) A certification that the memorandum 
of agreement— 
(i) requires sharing of costs of 
projects, including in-kind support, be-
tween the United States and Israel; 
(ii) establishes a framework to nego-
tiate the rights to any intellectual property 
developed under the memorandum of 
agreement; and 
(iii) requires the United States Gov-
ernment to receive semiannual reports on 
expenditure of funds, if any, by the Gov-
ernment of Israel, including a description 
of what the funds have been used for, 
when funds were expended, and an identi-
fication of entities that expended the 
funds. 
(b) SUPPORT IN CONNECTION WITH ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense is 
authorized to provide maintenance and sustainment 
support to Israel for the directed energy capabilities 
research, development, test, and evaluation activities 
authorized in subsection (a)(1). Such authority in-
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cludes authority to install equipment necessary to 
carry out such research, development, test, and eval-
uation. 
(2) REPORT.—The support described in para-
graph (1) may not be provided until 15 days after 
the Secretary of Defense submits to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report setting forth a de-
tailed description of the support to be provided. 
(3) MATCHING
CONTRIBUTION.—The support 
described in paragraph (1) may not be provided un-
less the Secretary of Defense certifies to the appro-
priate committees of Congress that the Government 
of Israel will contribute to such support— 
(A) an amount equal to not less than the 
amount of support to be so provided; or 
(B) an amount that otherwise meets the 
best efforts of Israel, as mutually agreed to by 
the United States and Israel. 
(c) LEAD AGENCY.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
designate an appropriate research and development entity 
of a military department as the lead agency of the Depart-
ment of Defense in carrying out this section. 
(d) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress on a semiannual basis a report that contains a copy 
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of the most recent semiannual report provided by the Gov-
ernment of Israel to the Department of Defense pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii). 
(e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-
tees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, the Committee on Appropria-
tions, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives. 
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