Title: Procure PGMS For Israel Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Procure PGMS For Israel Act
This bill authorizes the President to: (1) conduct a joint assessment with the government of Israel regarding Israel's precision guided munitions needs in a sustained armed confrontation with Hezbollah, and (2) add precision guided munitions to war reserve stocks in Israel and to transfer such munitions to Israel for rocket defense in the likely possibility of a sustained Israeli-Hezbollah conflict. Prior to any such transfer the President must certify to Congress that the transfer does not harm U.S. combat readiness or affect U.S. precision guided munitions supplies.
The bill includes the production of precision guided munitions in the Department of Defense's rapid acquisition and deployment procedures.
The bill permits use of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund to assist a U.S. ally that is under direct missile threat.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4707 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4707

    To authorize a joint assessment of quantity of precision guided 
          munitions for use by Israel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 21, 2017

  Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Graves of 
   Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize a joint assessment of quantity of precision guided 
          munitions for use by Israel, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Procure PGMS For Israel Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Hezbollah constitutes a major threat.
            (2) Israel uses precision guided munitions to save civilian 
        lives.
            (3) Congress authorized the War Reserves Stockpile-Israel 
        primarily for use by United States Armed Forces to address 
        regional contingencies.
            (4) Israeli supplies of precision guided munitions dwindled 
        during the 2006 Lebanon War.
            (5) Given the enhanced threat of Hezbollah to Israel, there 
        is a need to ensure the War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel is 
        sufficiently large to meet the threat while ensuring adequate 
        supplies for the United States.

SEC. 3. JOINT ASSESSMENT OF QUANTITY OF PRECISION GUIDED MUNITIONS FOR 
              USE BY ISRAEL.

    (a) In General.--The President, acting through the Secretary of 
Defense, is authorized to conduct a joint assessment with the 
Government of Israel with respect to the matters described in 
subsection (b).
    (b) Matters Described.--The matters described in this subsection 
are the following:
            (1) The quantity and type of precision guided munitions 
        that are necessary for Israel to combat Hezbollah in the event 
        of a sustained armed confrontation between Israel and 
        Hezbollah.
            (2) The plan of the Government of Israel to acquire such 
        precision guided munitions.
            (3) The role of the United States to assist the Government 
        of Israel in carrying out the plan described in paragraph (2), 
        if any.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 15 days after the date on which the 
joint assessment authorized under subsection (a) is completed, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that contains the joint 
assessment.

SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005.

    Section 12001 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 
(Public Law 108-287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ``(other than 
        precision guided munitions)'' after ``and other munitions'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``this section'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (a)'';
            (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d)(1) Notwithstanding section 514 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), the President is authorized to--
            ``(A) add precision guided munitions to reserve stocks for 
        Israel; and
            ``(B) transfer precision guided munitions from reserve 
        stocks for Israel to or for use by the Government of Israel for 
        the purpose of assisting Israel defend itself against rockets 
        fired by Hezbollah or other terrorist organizations within the 
        prior 30 days and with the likely possibility of a sustained 
        conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.
    ``(2) Not later than 5 days before making a transfer under 
paragraph (1), the President shall certify to the Committees on Foreign 
Relations and Armed Services of the Senate and the Committees on 
Foreign Affairs and Armed Services of the House of Representatives that 
the transfer of the precision guided munitions--
            ``(A) meets the requirements described in paragraph (1)(B);
            ``(B) does not affect the ability of the United States to 
        maintain a sufficient supply of precision guided munitions; and
            ``(C) does not harm the combat readiness of the United 
        States or the ability of the United States to meet its 
        commitment to allies for the sale of such munitions.''.

SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that Department of Defense should work 
with the defense industrial base to ensure it is able to produce 
precision guided munitions with greater rapidity in order to resupply 
United States efforts to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the 
Levant (ISIL) and to assist allies such as Israel in their fight 
against Hezbollah.

SEC. 6. MODIFICATION OF RAPID ACQUISITION AND DEPLOYMENT PROCEDURES.

    (a) Requirement To Establish Procedures.--
            (1) In general.--Section 806(a) of the Bob Stump National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (10 U.S.C. 2302 
        note; 116 Stat. 2607) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``; and'' at 
                the end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) urgently needed to support production of precision 
        guided munitions--
                    ``(A) for United States counterterrorism missions; 
                or
                    ``(B) to assist an ally of the United States under 
                direct missile threat from an organization the 
                Secretary of State has designated as a foreign 
                terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).''.
            (2) Prescription of procedures.--The Secretary of Defense 
        shall prescribe procedures for the rapid acquisition and 
        deployment of supplies and associated support services for 
        purposes described in paragraph (3) of section 806(a) of the 
        Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
        2003, as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection, not later 
        than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Use of Amounts in Special Defense Acquisition Fund.--Section 
114(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting at 
the end before the period the following: ``or to assist an ally of the 
United States that is under direct missile threat, including from a 
terrorist organization supported by Iran, and such threat adversely 
affects the safety and security of such ally''.
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