,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aj1 #bjae    
,ms4 ,graham introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize assistance to  
,israel to establish an anti-tunneling  
defense system1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,united ,states-,israel         
,anti-,tunnel ,defense ,cooperation     
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3  7#a7 ,hamas1 ,hezbollah1   
and the ,palestinian ,islamic ,jihad are
 ,united ,states-designated terrorist   
organizations4  7#b7 ,designated        
,palestinian terrorist organizations    
have killed hundreds of ,israelis and   

dozens of ,americans in rocket attacks  
and suicide bombings4  7#c7 ,hamas has  
used underground tunnels to ,israel and 
,egypt to smuggle weapons1 money1 and   
supplies into ,gaza and to send members 
of ,hamas out of ,gaza for training and 
to bring trainers in to ,gaza to teach  
,hamas how to manufacture rockets and   
build better tunnels4 ,tunnels in ,gaza 
have also been used as underground      
rocket launching sites1 weapons caches1 
bunkers1 transportation networks and    
command and control centers4  7#d7 ,in  
#bjjf1 ,hamas kidnapped ,israeli soldier
 ,gilad ,shalit through a tunnel and    
held him for five years4  7#e7 ,the     
,israel ,defense ,forces discovered #cb 
tunnels during the conflict with ,hamas 
in the summer of #bjad1 #ad of which    
crossed into ,israel4  7#f7 ,hamas      
intentionally uses civilians as human   
shields by placing its underground      
tunnel network in densely populated     
areas and schools1 hospitals1 and       
mosques4  7#g7 ,hamas's placement of    

explosive material in its vast network  
of tunnels in ,gaza has caused civilian 
casualties through secondary and        
tertiary explosions4  7#h7 ,while the   
unemployment rate in ,gaza is at #ch    
percent1 it is estimated that ,hamas    
spends #c1jjj1jjj per tunnel4  7#i7     
,united ,nations ,secretary-,general    
,ban ,ki-moon said he was shocked by the
 tunnels used for the infiltration of   
terrorists4  7#aj7 ,hamas has claimed to
 be rebuilding tunnels in ,gaza after   
the war with ,israel in the summer of   
#bjad4  7#aa7 ,hezbollah has used       
underground tunnels in southern ,lebanon
 to move ,hezbollah fighters and to     
launch attacks4  7#ab7 ,the ,palestinian
 ,islamic ,jihad claims to be digging   
new tunnels on the ,gaza border4 ,israel
 has a right to defend itself from the  
violence of ,palestinian terrorist      
groups1 including the violence that is  
facilitated through terrorist tunnel    
networks4  7#ac7 ,the ,united ,states is
 working cooperatively with the         

,government of ,israel to develop       
technologies to detect and destroy      
tunnels penetrating the territory of    
,israel4  #c4 ,assistance to ,israel to 
establish an anti-tunneling defense     
system  7a7 ,in general ,the ,president1
 upon request of the ,government of     
,israel and acting through the          
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,state1 is authorized to  
carry out research1 development1 and    
test activities on a joint basis with   
,israel to establish an anti-tunneling  
defense system to detect1 map1 and      
destroy underground tunnels from ,gaza  
to the territory of ,israel or other    
countries that share a border with      
,gaza4  7b7 ,certification ,none of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated to  
carry out this ,act may be obligated or 
expended to carry out subsection 7a7    
until the ,president1 acting through the
 ,secretary of ,defense and the         
,secretary of ,state1 certifies to      
,congress the following3 7#a7 ,the      

,president has finalized a memorandum of
 understanding or other formal agreement
 between the ,united ,states and ,israel
 regarding sharing of research and      
development costs for the system        
described in subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,the 
understanding or agreement-- 7,a7       
requires sharing of costs of projects1  
including the cost of claims1 between   
the ,united ,states and ,israel on an   
equitable basis unless the ,president   
determines1 on a case-by-case basis1 the
 ,government of ,israel is unable to    
contribute on an equitable basis2  7,b7 
requires the designation of payment of  
non-recurring engineering costs in      
connection with the establishment of a  
capacity for co-production in the       
,united ,states2  7,c7 establishes a    
framework to negotiate the rights to any
 intellectual property developed under  
the cooperative research and development
 projects2 and  7,d7 requires the       
,department of ,defense to receive      
quarterly reports on expenditure of     

funds by the ,government of ,israel1    
including a description of what the     
funds have been used for1 when funds    
were expended1 and an identification of 
entities that expended the funds4  7c7  
,assistance ,the ,president1 upon       
request of the ,government of ,israel   
and acting through the ,secretary of    
,defense and the ,secretary of ,state1  
is authorized to provide assistance to  
,israel for the procurement1            
maintenance1 and sustainment of an      
anti-tunneling system described in      
subsection 7a74  #d4 ,reports  7a7      
,initial report ,the ,president shall   
submit to ,congress a report that       
contains a copy of the memorandum of    
understanding or other formal agreement 
between the ,united ,states and ,israel 
as described in section #c7;b77#a74  7b7
 ,quarterly reports ,the ,president1    
acting through the ,secretary of        
,defense and the ,secretary of ,state1  
shall submit to ,congress a quarterly   
report that contains a copy of the      

most-recent quarterly report provided by
 the ,government of ,israel to the      
,department of ,defense pursuant to     
section #c7;b77#b77;,d74  #e4           
,authorization of appropriations ,of the
 funds authorized to be appropriated for
 fiscal year #bjaf for procurement1     
defense-wide activities and for         
research1 development1 test1 and        
evaluation of the ,department of        
,defense1 #bjj1jjj1jjj is authorized to 
be appropriated to the ,president to    
carry out this ,act4