IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1837 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 24, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To make improvements to certain defense and security assist-
ance provisions and to authorize assistance for Israel, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘United States-Israel Cooperation Enhancement and Re-
gional Security Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
TITLE I—ENHANCED COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED 
STATES AND ISRAEL 
Sec. 101. Coordinator of United States-Israel Research and Development. 
Sec. 102. Cooperation on directed energy capabilities. 
Sec. 103. Cooperation on cybersecurity. 
Sec. 104. Report on potential benefits and impact to the United States of es-
tablishing a joint United States-Israel Cybersecurity Center of 
Excellence. 
Sec. 105. Cyber diplomacy officer. 
Sec. 106. United States Agency for International Development Memorandum- 
Israel enhanced cooperation. 
Sec. 107. Cooperative projects among the United States, Israel, and developing 
countries. 
Sec. 108. Joint cooperative program related to innovation and high-tech for the 
Middle East region. 
Sec. 109. Sense of Congress on Eastern Mediterranean energy cooperation. 
Sec. 110. Cooperation on other matters. 
TITLE II—SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 203. Contingency plans to provide Israel with necessary defense articles 
and services. 
Sec. 204. Waiver for existing or imminent military threat to Israel. 
Sec. 205. Security assistance for Israel. 
Sec. 206. Joint assessment of quantity of precision guided munitions for use by 
Israel. 
Sec. 207. Transfer of precision guided munitions to Israel. 
Sec. 208. Sense of Congress on rapid acquisition and deployment procedures. 
Sec. 209. Extension of War Reserves Stockpile authority. 
Sec. 210. Eligibility of Israel for the strategic trade authorization exception to 
certain export control licensing requirements. 
Sec. 211. Extension of loan guarantees to Israel. 
Sec. 212. Definition. 
TITLE III—JUSTICE FOR UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF 
PALESTINIAN TERRORISM 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
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Sec. 302. Facilitation of the settlement of terrorism-related claims of nationals 
of the United States. 
Sec. 303. Modification to consent of certain parties to personal jurisdiction. 
TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
Sec. 401. Determination of budgetary effects. 
TITLE I—ENHANCED COOPERA-
TION BETWEEN THE UNITED 
STATES AND ISRAEL 
SEC. 101. COORDINATOR OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is encouraged to 
designate the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau 
of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific 
Affairs to act as Coordinator of United States-Israel Re-
search and Development (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Coordinator’’). 
(b) AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES.—The Coordinator, in 
conjunction with the heads of relevant Federal Govern-
ment departments and agencies and in coordination with 
the Israel Innovation Authority, shall oversee civilian 
science and technology programs on a joint basis with 
Israel. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Coordinator shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the implementation of this section. 
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(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate. 
SEC. 102. COOPERATION ON DIRECTED ENERGY CAPABILI-
TIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 
upon request of the Ministry of Defense of Israel 
and with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
is authorized to carry out research, development, 
test, and evaluation activities, on a joint basis with 
Israel, to establish directed energy capabilities that 
address threats to the United States, deployed forces 
of the United States, or Israel. Any activities carried 
out pursuant to such authority shall be conducted in 
a manner that appropriately protects sensitive infor-
mation and the national security interests of the 
United States and the national security interests of 
Israel. 
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(2) REPORT.—The activities described in para-
graph (1) may be carried out after the Secretary of 
Defense submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees 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-
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-
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fication 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 Israel for the directed energy capabilities 
research, development, test, and evaluation activities 
authorized in subsection (a)(1). Such authority in-
cludes authority to install equipment necessary to 
carry out such research, development, test, and eval-
uation. 
(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 
congressional committees 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-
priate congressional committees that the Govern-
ment of Israel will contribute to such support— 
(A) an amount equal to not less than the 
amount of support to be so provided; or 
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(B) an amount that otherwise meets the 
best efforts of Israel, as mutually agreed to by 
the United States and Israel. 
(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 congressional com-
mittees on a semiannual basis a report that contains a 
copy of the most recent semiannual report provided by the 
Government of Israel to the Department of Defense pur-
suant to subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii). 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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SEC. 103. COOPERATION ON CYBERSECURITY. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in ac-
cordance with the agreement entitled the ‘‘Agree-
ment between the Government of the United States 
of America and the Government of the State of 
Israel on Cooperation in Science and Technology for 
Homeland Security Matters’’, dated May 29, 2008 
(or successor agreement), and the requirements 
specified in paragraph (2), shall establish a grant 
program at the Department to support— 
(A) cybersecurity research and develop-
ment; and 
(B) demonstration and commercialization 
of cybersecurity technology. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, in carrying out a re-
search, development, demonstration, or com-
mercial application program or activity that is 
authorized under this section, the Secretary 
shall require cost sharing in accordance with 
this paragraph. 
(B) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), the Secretary shall require 
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not less than 50 percent of the cost of a 
research, development, demonstration, or 
commercial application program or activity 
described in subparagraph (A) to be pro-
vided by a non-Federal source. 
(ii) REDUCTION.—The Secretary may 
reduce or eliminate, on a case-by-case 
basis, the percentage requirement specified 
in clause (i) if the Secretary determines 
that such reduction or elimination is nec-
essary and appropriate. 
(C) MERIT REVIEW.—In carrying out a re-
search, development, demonstration, or com-
mercial application program or activity that is 
authorized under this section, awards shall be 
made only after an impartial review of the sci-
entific and technical merit of the proposals for 
such awards has been carried out by or for the 
Department. 
(D) REVIEW PROCESSES.—In carrying out 
a review under subparagraph (C), the Secretary 
may use merit review processes developed under 
section 302(14) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182(14)). 
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(3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—An applicant shall 
be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection 
if the project of such applicant— 
(A) addresses a requirement in the area of 
cybersecurity research or cybersecurity tech-
nology, as determined by the Secretary; and 
(B) is a joint venture between— 
(i)(I) a for-profit business entity, aca-
demic institution, National Laboratory (as 
defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)), or non-
profit entity in the United States; and 
(II) a for-profit business entity, aca-
demic institution, or nonprofit entity in 
Israel; or 
(ii)(I) the Federal Government; and 
(II) the Government of Israel. 
(4) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, an applicant shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an application for such grant 
in accordance with procedures established by the 
Secretary, in consultation with the advisory board 
established under paragraph (5). 
(5) ADVISORY BOARD.— 
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(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary 
shall establish an advisory board to— 
(i) monitor the method by which 
grants are awarded under this subsection; 
and 
(ii) provide to the Secretary periodic 
performance reviews of actions taken to 
carry out this subsection. 
(B) COMPOSITION.—The advisory board 
established under subparagraph (A) shall be 
composed of three members, to be appointed by 
the Secretary, of whom— 
(i) one shall be a representative of the 
Federal Government; 
(ii) one shall be selected from a list of 
nominees provided by the United States- 
Israel Binational Science Foundation; and 
(iii) one shall be selected from a list 
of nominees provided by the United States- 
Israel Binational Industrial Research and 
Development Foundation. 
(6) CONTRIBUTED
FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary may accept 
or retain funds contributed by any person, govern-
ment entity, or organization for purposes of carrying 
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out this subsection. Such funds shall be available, 
subject to appropriation, without fiscal year limita-
tion. 
(7) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of completion of a project for which a grant 
is provided under this subsection, the grant recipient 
shall submit to the Secretary a report that con-
tains— 
(A) a description of how the grant funds 
were used by the recipient; and 
(B) an evaluation of the level of success of 
each project funded by the grant. 
(8) CLASSIFICATION.—Grants shall be awarded 
under this subsection only for projects that are con-
sidered to be unclassified by both the United States 
and Israel. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The grant program and the ad-
visory board established under this section terminate on 
the date that is 7 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.—No addi-
tional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements 
of this section. Such requirements shall be carried out 
using amounts otherwise authorized. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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(1) the term ‘‘cybersecurity research’’ means re-
search, including social science research, into ways 
to identify, protect against, detect, respond to, and 
recover from cybersecurity threats; 
(2) the term ‘‘cybersecurity technology’’ means 
technology intended to identify, protect against, de-
tect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity 
threats; 
(3) the term ‘‘cybersecurity threat’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102 of the Cy-
bersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (en-
acted as title I of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (di-
vision N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2016 (Public Law 114–113))); 
(4) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security; and 
(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 104. REPORT ON POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND IMPACT 
TO THE UNITED STATES OF ESTABLISHING A 
JOINT UNITED STATES-ISRAEL CYBERSECU-
RITY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
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a report examining the potential benefits and impact to 
the United States of establishing a joint United States- 
Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence based in the 
United States and Israel to leverage the experience, knowl-
edge, and expertise of institutions of higher education (as 
such term is defined in subsection (a) or (b) of section 
101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001)), private sector entities, and government entities in 
the area of cybersecurity and protection of critical infra-
structure (as such term is defined in subsection (e) of sec-
tion 1016 of the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act 
of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c; enacted in title X of the USA 
PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107–56))). 
(b) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate. 
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SEC. 105. CYBER DIPLOMACY OFFICER. 
The Secretary of State is encouraged to appoint a 
qualified individual to assume the role of cyber diplomacy 
officer at the United States Embassy in Israel. 
SEC. 106. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
MEMORANDUM-ISRAEL 
EN-
HANCED COOPERATION. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It should be the policy 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment to cooperate with Israel in order to advance common 
goals across a wide variety of sectors, including energy, 
agriculture and food security, democracy, human rights 
and governance, economic growth and trade, education, 
environment, global health and water and sanitation. 
(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-
retary of State, acting through the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, is 
authorized to enter into memoranda of understanding with 
Israel in order to advance common goals on energy, agri-
culture and food security, democracy, human rights and 
governance, economic growth and trade, education, envi-
ronment, global health and water sanitation with a focus 
on strengthening mutual ties and cooperation with nations 
throughout the world. 
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SEC. 107. COOPERATIVE PROJECTS AMONG THE UNITED 
STATES, ISRAEL, AND DEVELOPING COUN-
TRIES. 
Section 106(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2151d) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) There are authorized to be appropriated 
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 
to finance cooperative projects among the United States, 
Israel, and developing countries that identify and support 
local solutions to address sustainability challenges relating 
to water resources, agriculture, and energy storage, in-
cluding for the following activities: 
‘‘(1) Establishing public-private partnerships. 
‘‘(2) Supporting the identification, research, de-
velopment testing, and scaling of innovations that 
focus on populations that are vulnerable to environ-
mental and resource-scarcity crises, such as subsist-
ence farming communities. 
‘‘(3) Seed or transition-to-scale funding, pub-
licity and marketing promotional support, or 
mentorship and partnership brokering support. 
‘‘(4) Acceleration of demonstrations or applica-
tions of local solutions to sustainability challenges, 
or the further refinement, testing, or implementation 
of innovations that have previously effectively ad-
dressed sustainability challenges.’’. 
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SEC. 108. JOINT COOPERATIVE PROGRAM RELATED TO IN-
NOVATION AND HIGH-TECH FOR THE MIDDLE 
EAST REGION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States should help foster co-
operation in the Middle East region by financing 
and, where appropriate, cooperating in projects re-
lated to innovation and high-tech; and 
(2) such projects should— 
(A) contribute to development and the 
quality of life in the Middle East region 
through the application of research and tech-
nology; and 
(B) contribute to Arab-Israeli cooperation 
by establishing strong working relationships 
that last beyond the life of such projects. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State, act-
ing through the Administrator of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development, is authorized to seek to 
establish a program between the United States, Israel, 
Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, and the West 
Bank and Gaza Strip to provide for cooperation in the 
Middle East region by financing and, where appropriate, 
cooperating in, projects related to innovation and high- 
tech. 
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(c) PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—Each project carried 
out under the program established by subsection (b)— 
(1) shall include participation from at least one 
entity of Israel and one entity of Egypt, Jordan, 
Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, and the West Bank and 
Gaza Strip; and 
(2) should include participation from a total of 
three or more such entities to the maximum extent 
practicable. 
SEC. 109. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EASTERN MEDITERRA-
NEAN ENERGY COOPERATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that cooperation between 
the United States and Israel for the purpose of research 
and development of energy sources would be in the na-
tional interests of not only the United States and Israel, 
but also of the other nations in the Eastern Mediterranean 
and North Africa with similar natural gas finds. 
SEC. 110. COOPERATION ON OTHER MATTERS. 
(a) UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENERGY CENTER.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
of Energy $4,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2020, 
2021, and 2022 to carry out the activities of the United 
States-Israel Energy Center established pursuant to sec-
tion 917(d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act 
of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17337(d)). 
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(b) UNITED STATES-ISRAEL BINATIONAL INDUS-
TRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.—It 
is the sense of Congress that grants to promote covered 
energy projects conducted by or in conjunction with the 
United States-Israel Binational Industrial Research and 
Development Foundation should continue to be funded at 
not less than $2,000,000 annually under section 917(b) 
of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17337(b)). 
(c) UNITED STATES-ISRAEL COOPERATION ON EN-
ERGY, WATER, HOMELAND SECURITY, AGRICULTURE, 
AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 7 of 
the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 
2014 (22 U.S.C. 8606) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 
2022.’’. 
(d) ANNUAL POLICY DIALOGUE.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Department of Transportation and 
Israel’s Ministry of Transportation should engage in an 
annual policy dialogue to implement the 2016 Memo-
randum of Cooperation signed by the Secretary of Trans-
portation and the Israeli Minister of Transportation. 
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(e) COOPERATION
ON SPACE EXPLORATION
AND 
SCIENCE INITIATIVES.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall con-
tinue to work with the Israel Space Agency to identify and 
cooperatively pursue peaceful space exploration and 
science initiatives in areas of mutual interest, taking all 
appropriate measures to protect sensitive information, in-
tellectual property, trade secrets, and economic interests 
of the United States. 
(f) UNITED STATES-ISRAEL BINATIONAL AGRICUL-
TURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1458(e)(2) of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3291(e)(2)) 
is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) include food and nutrition research 
and development and the commercialization of 
the best practices identified through such re-
search and development.’’. 
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(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
subparagraph (C) of section 1458(e)(2) of the Na-
tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teach-
ing Policy Act of 1977, as added by paragraph 
(1)(C), $7,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2020, 
2021, and 2022. 
(3) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on 
activities of the United States-Israel Binational 
Agricultural Research and Development Fund 
under section 1458(e) of the Food and Agri-
culture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3291(e)). 
(B) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives; and 
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(ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. 
(g) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION 
RELATING TO DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the White 
House Office of Science and Technology Policy shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on research and development cooperation 
with international partners, such as the State of 
Israel, in the area of desalination technology as re-
quired under section 9(b)(3) of the Water Desalina-
tion Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 10301 note). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate. 
(h) 
RESEARCH
AND
TREATMENT
OF 
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.—It is the sense of 
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Congress that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should 
seek to explore collaboration between the Mental Illness 
Research, Education and Clinical Centers and Centers of 
Excellence and Israeli institutions with expertise in re-
searching and treating posttraumatic stress disorder. 
(i) DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020, 
2021, and 2022 to establish a bilateral cooperative 
program with Israel for the development of health 
technologies, including health technologies described 
in paragraph (2), with an emphasis on collabo-
ratively advancing the use of technology, personal-
ized medicine, and data in relation to aging. 
(2) TYPES OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES.—The 
health technologies described in this paragraph may 
include technologies such as artificial intelligence, 
biofeedback, sensors, monitoring devices, and kidney 
care. 
(j) OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS OF THE 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration should seek to explore collaboration 
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with Israel through the Office of International Pro-
grams. 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commissioner, acting through the head of the 
Office of International Programs, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the benefits to the United States and 
to Israel of opening an office in Israel for the 
Office of International Programs. 
(B) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 
(k) SENSE
OF CONGRESS
ON UNITED STATES- 
ISRAEL ECONOMIC COOPERATION.—It is the sense of 
Congress that— 
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