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(ii) not fewer than three sites in such 
area for the deployment of a Patriot air 
and missile defense battery in the event that 
such a deployment is determined to be nec-
essary. 
(B) In evaluating sites under clauses (i) 
and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
determine which sites are best for defending— 
(i) the Armed Forces of the United 
States; and 
(ii) the member states of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization. 
(4) AGREEMENTS.—If the Secretary of Defense 
determines that a deployment described in clause (i) 
or (ii) of paragraph (3)(A) is necessary and the ap-
propriate host nation requests such a deployment, the 
President shall seek to enter into the necessary agree-
ments with the host nation to carry out such deploy-
ment. 
SEC. 1669. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR IRON DOME 
SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE SYSTEM. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated by section 101 for procurement, Defense- 
wide, and available for the Missile Defense Agency, not 
more than $41,400,000 may be provided to the Government 
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of Israel to procure radars for the Iron Dome short-range 
rocket defense system as specified in the funding table in 
section 4101, including for co-production of such radars in 
the United States by industry of the United States. 
(b) CONDITIONS.— 
(1) AGREEMENT.—Funds described in subsection 
(a) to produce the Iron Dome short-range rocket de-
fense program shall be available subject to the terms, 
conditions, and co-production targets specified for fis-
cal year 2015 in the ‘‘Agreement Between the Depart-
ment of Defense of the United States of America and 
the Ministry of Defense of the State of Israel Con-
cerning Iron Dome Defense System Procurement,’’ 
signed on March 5, 2014. In negotiations by the Mis-
sile Defense Agency and the Missile Defense Organiza-
tion of the Government of Israel regarding such pro-
duction, the goal of the United States is to maximize 
opportunities for co-production of the radars de-
scribed subsection (a) in the United States by indus-
try of the United States. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days 
prior to the initial obligation of funds described in 
subsection (a), the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
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sition, Technology, and Logistics shall jointly submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees— 
(A) a certification that the agreement speci-
fied in paragraph (1) is being implemented as 
provided in such agreement; and 
(B) an assessment detailing any risks relat-
ing to the implementation of such agreement. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1670. ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM CO-DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL CO- 
PRODUCTION. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS
FOR CERTAIN PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) and 
(c), of the funds authorized to be appropriated by sec-
tion 101 for procurement, Defense-wide, and available 
for the Missile Defense Agency, as specified in the 
funding table in section 4101— 
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(A) not more than $150,000,000 may be 
provided to the Government of Israel to procure 
the David’s Sling weapon system; and 
(B) not more than $15,000,000 may be pro-
vided to the Government of Israel to procure the 
Arrow 3 upper tier development program. 
(2) PROCUREMENT
AND
CO-PRODUCTION.—The 
use of funds under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) be carried out only with respect to pro-
curement activities; and 
(B) include the co-production of parts and 
components in the United States by United 
States industry. 
(b) CONDITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Director of 
the Missile Defense Agency may not carry out subpara-
graphs (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) unless— 
(1) the Director and the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics joint-
ly certify to the appropriate congressional committees 
that— 
(A) the knowledge points and production 
readiness agreements of the research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation agreements for the 
David’s Sling weapon system or the Arrow 3 
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upper tier development program, respectively, 
have been successfully completed; 
(B) such subparagraphs shall be carried out 
with the Government of Israel matching funds in 
an amount equal to the amount of funds pro-
vided by the United States; and 
(C) the United States and the Government 
of Israel have entered into a bilateral agreement 
that— 
(i) establishes the terms of co-produc-
tion of parts and components described in 
subsection (a)(2) pursuant to the teaming 
agreements previously entered into regard-
ing the co-development of such weapon sys-
tem and development program in a manner 
that minimizes non-recurring engineering 
and facilitization expenses; 
(ii) establishes complete transparency 
on the requirement of Israel for the number 
of interceptors and batteries of such weapon 
system and development program that will 
be procured; 
(iii) allows the Director and Under 
Secretary to establish technical milestones 
for co-production and procurement of the 
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such weapon system and development pro-
gram; and 
(iv) establishes joint approval processes 
for third-party sales of such weapon system 
and development program; and 
(2) a period of 90 days has elapsed following the 
date of such certification. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1671. DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF MULTIPLE- 
OBJECT KILL VEHICLE FOR MISSILE DE-
FENSE OF THE UNITED STATES HOMELAND. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the ballistic missile defense of the United 
States homeland is the highest priority of the Missile 
Defense Agency; 
(2) the Missile Defense Agency is appropriately 
prioritizing the design, development, and deployment 
of the redesigned kill vehicle; and 
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(3) the multiple-object kill vehicle is critical to 
the future of the ballistic missile defense of the United 
States homeland. 
(b) MULTIPLE-OBJECT KILL VEHICLE.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency shall develop a highly reliable mul-
tiple-object kill vehicle for the ground-based midcourse 
defense system using best acquisition practices. 
(2) DEPLOYMENT.—The Director shall— 
(A) conduct rigorous flight testing of the 
multiple-object kill vehicle developed under para-
graph (1) by not later than 2020; and 
(B) recognizing the primacy of developing 
the redesigned kill vehicle, produce and deploy 
the multiple-object kill vehicle as early as prac-
ticable after the date on which the Director car-
ries out paragraph (1). 
(c) CAPABILITIES AND CRITERIA.—The Director shall 
ensure that the multiple-object kill vehicle developed under 
subsection (b)(1) meets, at a minimum, the following capa-
bilities and criteria: 
(1) Vehicle-to-vehicle communications. 
(2) Vehicle-to-ground communications. 
(3) Kill assessment capability. 
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(4) The ability to counter advanced counter 
measures, decoys and penetration aids. 
(5) Produceability and manufacturability. 
(6) Use of technology involving high technology 
readiness levels. 
(7) Options to be integrated onto other missile 
defense interceptor vehicles other than the ground- 
based interceptors of the ground-based midcourse de-
fense system. 
(d) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.—The management of the 
multiple-object kill vehicle program under subsection (b) 
shall report directly to the Deputy Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency. 
(e) REPORT ON FUNDING PROFILE.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the funding profile of the multiple-object kill vehicle 
program under subsection (b). 
SEC. 1672. BOOST PHASE DEFENSE SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) prioritize technology investments in the De-
partment of Defense to support efforts by the Missile 
Defense Agency to develop and field a boost phase de-
fense system by fiscal year 2022; 
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(2) ensure that development and fielding of a 
boost phase missile defense layer to the ballistic mis-
sile defense system supports multiple war fighter mis-
sile defense requirements, including, specifically, pro-
tection of the United States homeland and allies of 
the United States against ballistic missiles, particu-
larly in the boost phase; 
(3) continue development and fielding of high-en-
ergy lasers and high-power microwave systems as 
part of a layered architecture to defend ships and the-
ater bases against air and cruise missile strikes; and 
(4) encourage collaboration among the military 
departments and the Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency with respect to high energy laser ef-
forts carried out in support of the Missile Defense 
Agency. 
(b) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF BOOST PHASE 
MISSILE DEFENSE.— 
(1) SENIOR LEVEL ADVISORY GROUP.—The Di-
rector of the Missile Defense Agency shall establish a 
senior level advisory group (consisting of individuals 
with expertise in industry, science, and Department 
of Defense program management) to recommend to 
the Director promising technologies, including such 
technologies recommended by industry, that the Direc-
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tor can evaluate for use as a boost phase missile de-
fense layer. 
(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than May 1, 2016, the 
Director shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing on— 
(A) the recommendations of the senior level 
advisory group under paragraph (1); 
(B) a plan for developing one or more pro-
grams of record for boost phase missile defense 
systems; and 
(C) the views of the Director regarding such 
recommendations and plan. 
SEC. 1673. EAST COAST HOMEPORT OF SEA-BASED X-BAND 
RADAR. 
(a) HOMEPORT.—Subject to subsection (b), not later 
than December 31, 2020, the Secretary of the Navy shall— 
(1) reassign the homeport of the sea-based X- 
band radar to a homeport on the East Coast of the 
United States; and 
(2) ensure that such vessel has an at-sea capa-
bility of not less than 120 days per year. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary may not carry out 
subsection (a) until the date on which the Director of the 
Missile Defense Agency certifies to the congressional defense 
committees that Hawaii will have adequate missile defense 
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coverage prior to the reassignment of the homeport of the 
sea-based X-band radar as described in such subsection. 
(c) REQUIRED
STUDIES
AND
EVALUATIONS.—Not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Director shall commence any siting studies, envi-
ronmental impact assessments or statements, homeport 
agreements for sea-based X-band radar support, evaluations 
of any needed pier modifications, and evaluations of any 
communications capabilities or other requirements to carry 
out the homeport reassignment under subsection (a)(1). 
SEC. 1674. PLAN FOR MEDIUM RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE 
DEFENSE SENSOR ALTERNATIVES FOR EN-
HANCED DEFENSE OF HAWAII. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) expanding persistent midcourse and terminal 
ballistic missile defense system discrimination capa-
bility is critically important to the defense of the Na-
tion; 
(2) such discrimination capability is needed to 
respond to emerging ballistic missile threats involving 
countermeasures and decoys; and 
(3) the Department of Defense should take all 
appropriate steps to ensure Hawaii has adequate mis-
sile defense coverage. 
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