States, or the United Kingdom. Any activities car-
ried out pursuant to such authority shall be con-
ducted in a manner that appropriately protects sen-
sitive information and the national security interests 
of the United States and the national security inter-
ests of the United Kingdom. 
(2) REPORT.—The activities described in para-
graph (1) may be carried out after the Secretary of 
Defense submits to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report setting forth the following: 
(A) A memorandum of agreement between 
the United States and the United Kingdom re-
garding sharing of research and development 
costs for the capabilities described in paragraph 
(1), and any supporting documents. 
(B) A certification that the memorandum 
of agreement— 
(i) requires sharing of costs of 
projects, including in-kind support, be-
tween the United States and the United 
Kingdom; 
(ii) establishes a framework to nego-
tiate the rights to any intellectual property 
developed under the memorandum of 
agreement; and 
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(iii) requires the United States Gov-
ernment to receive semiannual reports on 
expenditure of funds, if any, by the Gov-
ernment of the United Kingdom, including 
a description of what the funds have been 
used for, when funds were expended, and 
an identification of entities that expended 
the funds. 
(b) SUPPORT IN CONNECTION WITH ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense is 
authorized to provide maintenance and sustainment 
support to the United Kingdom for the directed en-
ergy capabilities research, development, test, and 
evaluation activities authorized in subsection (a)(1). 
Such authority includes authority to install equip-
ment necessary to carry out such research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation. 
(2) REPORT.—The support described in para-
graph (1) may not be provided until 15 days after 
the Secretary of Defense submits to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report setting forth a de-
tailed description of the support to be provided. 
(3) MATCHING
CONTRIBUTION.—The support 
described in paragraph (1) may not be provided un-
less the Secretary of Defense certifies to the appro-
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priate committees of Congress that the Government 
of the United Kingdom will contribute to such sup-
port— 
(A) an amount equal to not less than the 
amount of support to be so provided; or 
(B) an amount that otherwise meets the 
best efforts of the United Kingdom, as mutually 
agreed to by the United States and the United 
Kingdom. 
(c) LEAD AGENCY.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
designate an appropriate research and development entity 
of a military department as the lead agency of the Depart-
ment of Defense in carrying out this section. 
(d) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress on a semiannual basis a report that contains a copy 
of the most recent semiannual report provided by the Gov-
ernment of the United Kingdom to the Department of De-
fense pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii). 
(e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-
tees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the 
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Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, the Committee on Appropria-
tions, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives. 
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