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(i) to match available resources of the 
Office of the United States Trade Rep-
resentative to projected workload and pro-
vide a detailed analysis of how the funds 
allocated from the prior fiscal year to date 
have been spent; 
(ii) to identify existing staff of the Of-
fice and new staff that will be necessary to 
support the trade negotiation and enforce-
ment functions and powers of the Office 
(including those of the Trade Policy Staff 
Committee) as described in section 141 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171) 
and section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2411); 
(iii) to identify existing staff of the 
Office and staff of other Federal agencies 
who will be required to be detailed to sup-
port United States Trade Representative- 
led interagency programs, including any 
associated expenses; and 
(iv) to provide a detailed analysis of 
the budgetary requirements of United 
States Trade Representative-led inter-
agency programs for the next fiscal year 
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and provide a detailed analysis of how the 
funds allocated from the prior fiscal year 
to date have been spent. 
(B) REPORT.—The United States Trade 
Representative shall submit to the Committee 
on Ways and Means and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate a report 
that contains the plan required under subpara-
graph (A). The report required under this sub-
paragraph shall be submitted in conjunction 
with the annual budget of the United States 
Government required to be submitted to Con-
gress under section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(2) QUADRENNIAL PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to the goals 
and objectives of the strategic plan of the Office 
of the United States Trade Representative as 
required under section 306 of title 5, United 
States Code, the United States Trade Rep-
resentative shall every 4 years develop a plan— 
(i) to analyze internal quality controls 
and record management of the Office; 
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(ii) to identify existing staff of the Of-
fice and new staff that will be necessary to 
support the trade negotiation and enforce-
ment functions and powers of the Office 
(including those of the Trade Policy Staff 
Committee) as described in section 141 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171) 
and section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2411); 
(iii) to identify existing staff of the 
Office and staff in other Federal agencies 
who will be required to be detailed to sup-
port United States Trade Representative- 
led interagency programs, including any 
associated expenses; 
(iv) to provide an outline of budget 
justifications, including salaries and ex-
penses as well as non-personnel adminis-
trative expenses, for the fiscal years re-
quired under the strategic plan; and 
(v) to provide an outline of budget 
justifications, including salaries and ex-
penses as well as non-personnel adminis-
trative expenses, for United States Trade 
Representative-led interagency programs 
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for the fiscal years required under the 
strategic plan. 
(B) REPORT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The United States 
Trade Representative shall submit to the 
Committee on Ways and Means and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate a report that contains 
the plan required under subparagraph (A). 
Except as provided in clause (ii), the re-
port required under this clause shall be 
submitted in conjunction with the strategic 
plan of the Office as required under sec-
tion 306 of title 5, United States Code. 
(ii) EXCEPTION.—The United States 
Trade Representative shall submit to the 
congressional 
committees 
specified 
in 
clause (i) an initial report that contains 
the plan required under subparagraph (A) 
not later than February 1, 2016. 
SEC. 608. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL TRADE AND COMMER-
CIAL ENHANCEMENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Israel is America’s dependable, democratic 
ally in the Middle East—an area of paramount stra-
tegic importance to the United States. 
(2) The United States-Israel Free Trade Agree-
ment formed the modern foundation of the bilateral 
commercial relationship between the two countries 
and was the first such agreement signed by the 
United States with a foreign country. 
(3) The United States-Israel Free Trade Agree-
ment has been instrumental in expanding commerce 
and the strategic relationship between the United 
States and Israel. 
(4) More than $45 billion in goods and services 
is traded annually between the two countries in ad-
dition to roughly $10 billion in United States foreign 
direct investment in Israel. 
(5) The United States continues to look for and 
find new opportunities to enhance cooperation with 
Israel, including through the enactment of the 
United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–150) and the United 
States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113–296). 
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(6) It has been the policy of the United States 
Government to combat all elements of the Arab 
League Boycott of Israel by— 
(A) public statements of Administration of-
ficials; 
(B) enactment of relevant sections of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 (as contin-
ued in effect pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act), including 
sections to ensure foreign persons comply with 
applicable reporting requirements relating to 
the boycott; 
(C) enactment of the 1976 Tax Reform 
Act (Public Law 94–455) that denies certain 
tax benefits to entities abiding by the boycott; 
(D) ensuring through free trade agree-
ments with Bahrain and Oman that such coun-
tries no longer participate in the boycott; and 
(E) ensuring as a condition of membership 
in the World Trade Organization that Saudi 
Arabia no longer enforces the secondary or ter-
tiary elements of the boycott. 
(b) STATEMENTS OF POLICY.—Congress— 
(1) supports the strengthening of United 
States-Israel economic cooperation and recognizes 
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