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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4810 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to cooperate with Israel to develop 
directed energy capabilities to detect and defeat ballistic missiles, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2016 
Ms. STEFANIK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to cooperate with 
Israel to develop directed energy capabilities to detect 
and defeat ballistic missiles, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘U.S.-Israel Security 
Cooperation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL DIRECTED ENERGY CO-
OPERATION. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DIRECTED ENERGY 
CAPABILITIES PROGRAM WITH ISRAEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 
upon the request of the Ministry of Defense of 
Israel, and in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, may carry out research, development, test, 
and evaluation activities, on a joint basis with Israel, 
to establish directed energy capabilities to detect and 
defeat ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, unmanned 
aerial vehicles, mortars, and improvised explosive de-
vices that threaten the United States, deployed 
forces of the United States, or Israel. Any activities 
carried 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 Israel. 
(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 Israel regarding sharing 
of research and development costs for the capa-
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bilities 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 Israel; 
(ii) establishes a framework to nego-
tiate the rights to any intellectual property 
developed under the memorandum of 
agreement; and 
(iii) requires the United States Gov-
ernment to receive semiannual reports on 
expenditure of funds, if any, by the Gov-
ernment of Israel, including a description 
of what the funds have been used for, 
when funds were expended, and an identi-
fication of entities that expended the 
funds. 
(3) ANNUAL
LIMITATION
ON
AMOUNT.—The 
amount of support provided under this subsection in 
any year may not exceed $25,000,000. 
(b) LEAD AGENCY.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
designate the Missile Defense Agency as the appropriate 
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research and development entity and as the lead agency 
of the Department of Defense in carrying out this section. 
(c) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—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 Israel to the Department of Defense pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii). 
(d) SUNSET.—The authority in this section to carry 
out activities described in subsection (a) shall expire on 
December 31, 2018. 
(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 
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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