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(A) AGREEMENT.—Funds described in paragraph (1) 
for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program shall 
be available subject to the terms and conditions in the 
Agreement Between the Department of Defense of the 
United States of America and the Ministry of Defense 
of the State of Israel Concerning Iron Dome Defense System 
Procurement, signed on March 5, 2014, as amended to 
include co-production for Tamir interceptors. 
(B) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days prior to 
the initial obligation of funds described in paragraph (1), 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees— 
(i) a certification that the amended bilateral inter-
national agreement specified in subparagraph (A) is 
being implemented as provided in such agreement; 
(ii) an assessment detailing any risks relating to 
the implementation of such agreement; and 
(iii) for system improvements resulting in modified 
Iron Dome components and Tamir interceptor sub- 
components, a certification that the Government of 
Israel has demonstrated successful completion of 
Production Readiness Reviews, including the validation 
of production lines, the verification of component 
conformance, and the verification of performance to 
specification as defined in the Iron Dome Defense 
System Procurement Agreement, as further amended. 
(b) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM, DAVID’S 
SLING WEAPON SYSTEM CO-PRODUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 for procure-
ment, Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense 
Agency not more than $40,000,000 may be provided to the 
Government of Israel to procure the David’s Sling Weapon 
System, including for co-production of parts and components 
in the United States by United States industry. 
(2) AGREEMENT.—Provision of funds specified in paragraph 
(1) shall be subject to the terms and conditions in the bilateral 
co-production agreement, including— 
(A) a one-for-one cash match is made by Israel or 
in another matching amount that otherwise meets best 
efforts (as mutually agreed to by the United States and 
Israel); and 
(B) co-production of parts, components, and all-up 
rounds (if appropriate) in the United States by United 
States industry for the David’s Sling Weapon System is 
not less than 50 percent. 
(3) CERTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT.—The Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees— 
(A) a certification that the Government of Israel has 
demonstrated the successful completion of the knowledge 
points, technical milestones, and Production Readiness 
Reviews required by the research, development, and tech-
nology agreement and the bilateral co-production agree-
ment for the David’s Sling Weapon System; and
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(B) an assessment detailing any risks relating to the 
implementation of such agreement. 
(c) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM, ARROW 
3 UPPER TIER INTERCEPTOR PROGRAM CO-PRODUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 for procure-
ment, Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense 
Agency not more than $80,000,000 may be provided to the 
Government of Israel for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor 
Program, including for co-production of parts and components 
in the United States by United States industry. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a certification that— 
(A) the Government of Israel has demonstrated the 
successful completion of the knowledge points, technical 
milestones, and Production Readiness Reviews required by 
the research, development, and technology agreement for 
the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor Program; 
(B) funds specified in paragraph (1) will be provided 
on the basis of a one-for-one cash match made by Israel 
or in another matching amount that otherwise meets best 
efforts (as mutually agreed to by the United States and 
Israel); 
(C) the United States has entered into a bilateral inter-
national agreement with Israel that establishes, with 
respect to the use of such funds— 
(i) in accordance with subparagraph (D), the terms 
of co-production of parts and components on the basis 
of the greatest practicable co-production of parts, 
components, and all-up rounds (if appropriate) by 
United States industry and minimizes nonrecurring 
engineering and facilitization expenses to the costs 
needed for co-production; 
(ii) complete transparency on the requirement of 
Israel for the number of interceptors and batteries 
that will be procured, including with respect to the 
procurement plans, acquisition strategy, and funding 
profiles of Israel; 
(iii) technical milestones for co-production of parts 
and components and procurement; 
(iv) a joint affordability working group to consider 
cost reduction initiatives; and 
(v) joint approval processes for third-party sales; 
and 
(D) the level of co-production described in subpara-
graph (C)(i) for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor Pro-
gram is not less than 50 percent. 
(d) NUMBER.—In carrying out paragraph (2) of subsection (b) 
and paragraph (2) of subsection (c), the Under Secretary may 
submit— 
(1) one certification covering both the David’s Sling Weapon 
System and the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor Program; or 
(2) separate certifications for each respective system. 
(e) TIMING.—The Under Secretary shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees the certification and assessment under 
subsection (b)(3) and the certification under subsection (c)(2) no
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later than 30 days before the funds specified in paragraph (1) 
of subsections (b) and (c) for the respective system covered by 
the certification are provided to the Government of Israel. 
(f) 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 Relations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 1660. INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE 
FOR DEFENSE OF GUAM. 
(a) REVIEW
OF
INTEGRATED
AIR
AND
MISSILE
DEFENSE 
ARCHITECTURE TO DEFEND GUAM.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek 
to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and 
development center to conduct an independent assessment of 
the integrated air and missile defense architecture to defend 
Guam. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under paragraph (1) shall 
include an analysis of each of the following: 
(A) The proposed architecture capability to address 
non-ballistic and ballistic missile threats to Guam, 
including the sensor, command and control, and interceptor 
systems being proposed. 
(B) The development and integration risk of the pro-
posed architecture. 
(C) The manning required to operate the proposed 
architecture, including the availability of housing and infra-
structure on Guam to support the needed manning levels. 
(3) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees the assessment under 
paragraph (1), without change. 
(b) DESIGNATION
OF
OFFICIAL
RESPONSIBLE
FOR
MISSILE 
DEFENSE OF GUAM.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
designate a senior official of the Department of Defense who 
shall be responsible for the missile defense of Guam during 
the period preceding the date specified in paragraph (5). 
(2) DUTIES.—The duties of the official designated under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Designing the architecture of the missile defense 
system for defending Guam. 
(B) Overseeing development of an integrated missile 
defense acquisition strategy for the missile defense of 
Guam. 
(C) Ensuring the military department and Defense 
Agency budgets are appropriate for the strategy described 
in subparagraph (B). 
(D) Siting the integrated missile defense system 
described in subparagraph (B). 
(E) Overseeing long-term acquisition and sustainment 
of the missile defense system for Guam.
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(F) Such other duties as the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(3) PROGRAM TREATMENT.—The integrated missile defense 
system referred to in paragraph (2) shall be designated as 
special interest acquisition category 1D program and shall be 
managed as consistent with Department of Defense Instruction 
5000.85 ‘‘Major Capability Acquisition’’. 
(4) REPORT.—Concurrent with the submission of each 
budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, during the period preceding the date specified 
in paragraph (5), the official designated under paragraph (1) 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the actions taken by the official to carry out the duties 
set forth under paragraph (2). 
(5) TERMINATION.—The authority of this subsection shall 
terminate on the date that is three years after the date on 
which the official designated under paragraph (1) determines 
that the integrated missile defense system described in para-
graph (2) has achieved initial operational capability. 
(c) PROCUREMENT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided by paragraph (2), 
not later than December 31, 2023, the Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, 
shall rapidly procure and field up to three vertical launching 
systems that can accommodate planned interceptors operated 
by the Navy (that do not require major modification or integra-
tion into the existing missile defense system), as of the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the requirement 
under paragraph (1) if— 
(A) the Secretary determines that the waiver is in 
the best interest of the national security of the United 
States; 
(B) the Secretary submits to the congressional defense 
committees a notification of such waiver, including a jus-
tification; and 
(C) a period of 120 days has elapsed following the 
date of such notification. 
SEC. 1661. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS UNTIL 
SUBMISSION OF REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 
CRUISE MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE 
HOMELAND. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense made the determination that the Department of the Air 
Force has acquisition authority with respect to the capability to 
defend the homeland from cruise missiles, as required by section 
1684(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination 
with the Commander of the United States Northern Command, 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the implementation of the cruise missile defense architecture for 
the homeland, including— 
(1) the architecture planned to meet the requirements of 
the United States Northern Command and the North American