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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5063 
To provide for increased authorities relating to United States-Israel unmanned 
aerial systems cooperation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2019 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and 
in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for increased authorities relating to United 
States-Israel unmanned aerial systems cooperation. 
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 
Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Cooperation Enhance-
ment Act’’ or the ‘‘U.S.-Israel Anti-Killer Drone Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) remain a 
threat to Israel and to the United States. 
(2) In August 2019, Israeli forces struck Ira-
nian Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force and 
Iranian-backed militia facilities to thwart a planned 
drone attack on Israel. 
(3) In February 2018, Iran launched an armed 
drone from Syria into Israeli airspace, which Israeli 
warplanes destroyed. 
(4) On September 19, 2017, Israeli forces de-
stroyed an Iranian supplied Hezbollah UAS over 
Syria. 
(5) Pursuant to the authority of section 1279 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 22 U.S.C. 8606 
note), as amended by section 1272(a) of the John S. 
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), the Depart-
ment of Defense and the Ministry of Defense of 
Israel identified several gaps in UAS technology. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should enhance cooperation with Israel in developing mu-
tually beneficial counter unmanned aerial systems tech-
nologies. 
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SEC. 4. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL UNMANNED AERIAL SYS-
TEMS COOPERATION. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 1279 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (Public Law 114–92; 22 U.S.C. 8606 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘IN 
GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De-
fense’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘United States or Israel.’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘United States or Israel. 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES TO BE INCLUDED.—Ac-
tivities carried out pursuant to such authority 
may include the following: 
‘‘(i) Low-cost, close-range final protec-
tive fire kinetic counter unmanned aerial 
systems (C–UAS) capability. 
‘‘(ii) Reduction of false alarm rates 
for tactical teams, an organic capability to 
detect, track, identify, and electronically 
deter and, where possible, capture small 
UAS that present a very low radar cross 
section. 
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‘‘(iii) Non-kinetic means to detect, 
track, classify, take control of, and capture 
small UAS. 
‘‘(iv) Dual air and ground individual 
weapon overmatch optic that enables oper-
ators to quickly target and destroy UAS at 
range of 300 meters during the day and 
200 meters at night. 
‘‘(v) Radar systems for urban environ-
ments to facilitate detection of UAS 
threats when other techniques are not via-
ble. 
‘‘(vi) Evaluation of the performance 
characteristics of radio frequency UAS sys-
tems in urban environments.’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘Any activities’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(C) CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES.—Any ac-
tivities’’. 
(b) SUNSET.—Subsection (f) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
Æ 
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