I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5117 
To authorize the President to enter into a cooperative project agreement 
with Israel to counter unmanned aerial vehicles that threaten the United 
States or Israel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2018 
Mr. CRIST (for himself and Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the President to enter into a cooperative project 
agreement with Israel to counter unmanned aerial vehi-
cles that threaten the United States or Israel. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Israel 
Joint Drone Detection Cooperation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE 
PROJECT 
AGREEMENT 
WITH 
ISRAEL 
TO 
COUNTER 
UNMANNED 
AERIAL 
VEHICLES 
THAT THREATEN THE UNITED STATES OR 
ISRAEL. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) On February 10, 2018, Iran launched an 
unmanned aerial vehicle (commonly known as a 
‘‘drone’’) from Syria that penetrated Israeli air-
space. 
(2) Israeli officials noted that the unmanned 
aerial vehicle was in Israeli airspace for a minute 
and a half before being shot down by the Israeli air 
force. 
(3) Senior Israeli officials stated that the un-
manned aerial vehicle was an advanced piece of tech-
nology. 
(4) It remains unclear whether the unmanned 
aerial vehicle was armed. Nonetheless, the launch, 
and sophistication of the unmanned aerial vehicle, 
highlight the threat Israel faces from unmanned aer-
ial vehicles from Iranian forces active in Syria and 
from Hezbollah in Lebanon. 
(5) The United States likewise faces the threat 
of unmanned aerial vehicles along the United States 
border and in areas of active hostilities, including 
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unmanned aerial vehicles of the Islamic State of 
Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria and un-
manned aerial vehicles manufactured of al-Qaeda in 
Afghanistan. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) joint research and development to counter 
unmanned aerial vehicles will serve the national se-
curity interests of the United States and Israel; 
(2) Israel faces urgent and emerging threats 
from unmanned aerial vehicles and other unmanned 
aerial vehicles, launched from Lebanon by Hezbol-
lah, from Syria by forces of Iran’s Revolutionary 
Guard Corps, or from others seeking to attack 
Israel; and 
(3) the United States and Israel should con-
tinue to work together to defend against all threats 
to the safety, security, and national interests of both 
countries. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 
to enter into a cooperative project agreement with 
Israel under the authority of section 27 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2767) to carry out 
research on and development, testing, evaluation, 
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and joint production (including follow-on support) of 
defense articles and defense services to detect, track, 
and destroy unmanned aerial vehicles that threaten 
the United States or Israel. 
(2) APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.—The cooper-
ative project agreement described in paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) shall provide that any activities carried 
out pursuant to the agreement are subject to— 
(i) the applicable requirements de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) 
of section 27(b)(2) of the Arms Export 
Control Act; and 
(ii) any other applicable requirements 
of the Arms Export Control Act with re-
spect to the use, transfers, and security of 
such defense articles and defense services 
under that Act; and 
(B) shall establish a framework to nego-
tiate the rights to intellectual property devel-
oped under the agreement. 
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