IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 938 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 6, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To strengthen the strategic alliance between the United 
States and Israel, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Declaration of policy. 
TITLE I—UNITED STATES-ISRAEL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE 
Sec. 101. Amendments to the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Coopera-
tion Act of 2012. 
Sec. 102. Authorization of assistance for Israel. 
Sec. 103. United States-Israel cooperation on cyber-security. 
Sec. 104. Statement of United States Policy Regarding Israel’s defense sys-
tems. 
Sec. 105. Report on other matters. 
Sec. 106. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 107. Sense of Congress. 
TITLE II—UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENERGY COOPERATION 
Sec. 201. United States-Israel energy cooperation. 
TITLE III—OFFSET 
Sec. 301. Offset. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The turmoil in the Middle East poses a se-
rious threat to United States national security inter-
ests and requires cooperation with allies that are 
willing to work with the United States in pursuit of 
shared objectives. 
(2) The October 31, 1998, Memorandum of 
Agreement signed by President Clinton and Prime 
Minister Netanyahu commits the United States to 
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working jointly with Israel towards enhancing 
Israel’s defensive and deterrent capabilities and up-
grading the framework of the United States-Israel 
strategic and military relationships, as well as the 
technological cooperation between both countries. 
(3) On August 16, 2007, the United States and 
Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding re-
affirming United States commitment to the security 
of Israel and establishing a 10-year framework for 
incremental increases in United States military as-
sistance to Israel. 
(4) The Memorandum of Understanding signed 
two years later on January 16, 2009 reaffirmed the 
United States commitment and noted ‘‘the security, 
military and intelligence cooperation between the 
United States and Israel’’. 
(5) The United States and Israel conduct a 
semi-annual Strategic Dialogue. The Department of 
State, in a statement following the July 12, 2012, 
meeting of the Strategic Dialogue, noted that the 
discussions focused on such issues of mutual concern 
as ‘‘Iran’s continued quest to develop nuclear weap-
ons, which the United States and Israel are both de-
termined to prevent’’ and ‘‘how the continued vio-
lence of the Syrian regime against its citizens [as-
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sisted by Iran and Hezbollah] could also lead to se-
vere consequences for the entire region’’. 
SEC. 3. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
Congress declares that Israel is a major strategic 
partner of the United States. 
TITLE I—UNITED STATES- 
ISRAEL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE 
SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES-ISRAEL 
ENHANCED SECURITY COOPERATION ACT OF 
2012. 
(a) UNITED STATES ACTIONS TO ASSIST IN THE DE-
FENSE OF ISRAEL AND PROTECT UNITED STATES INTER-
ESTS.—Section 4 of the United States-Israel Enhanced 
Security Cooperation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–150; 
22 U.S.C. 8603) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘It is the sense of Congress that 
the United States Government should’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President should, to the 
maximum extent practicable,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the President 
shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation 
of this section.’’. 
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(b) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AU-
THORITY.—Section 5(a) of the United States-Israel En-
hanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 (Public Law 
112–150) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AU-
THORITY.— 
‘‘(1) DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2005.—Section 12001(d) of the Depart-
ment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public 
Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 1011), is amended by strik-
ing ‘more than 10 years after’ and inserting ‘more 
than 11 years after’. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—Sec-
tion 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘and 2014’ and inserting ‘, 2014, and 
2015’.’’. 
(c) AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
ASSESSMENT OF ISRAEL’S QUALITATIVE MILITARY EDGE 
OVER MILITARY THREATS.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT
REQUIRED; REPORTS.—Sec-
tion 201 of Public Law 110–429 (122 Stat. 4843; 
22 U.S.C. 2776 note) is amended— 
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(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘an on-
going basis’’ and inserting ‘‘a biennial basis’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘QUAD-
RENNIAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; and 
(ii) in the text, by striking ‘‘Not later 
than four years after the date on which the 
President transmits the initial report 
under paragraph (1), and every four years 
thereafter,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of 
the United States-Israel Strategic Partner-
ship Act of 2014, and biennially there-
after,’’. 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on— 
(i) the range of cyber and asymmetric 
threats posed to Israel by state and non- 
state actors; and 
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