,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #f1       
#bjah,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california 7for
 himself and ,ms4 ,stefanik7 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 the ,secretary 
of ,defense1 upon request of the        
,ministry of ,defense of ,israel and    
with the concurrence of the ,secretary  
of ,state1 to carry out research1       
development1 test1 and evaluation       
activities1 on a joint basis with       
,israel1 to establish directed energy   
capabilities that address threats to the
 ,united ,states1 deployed forces of the
 ,united ,states1 or ,israel1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 

,act may be cited as the ,united        
,states-,israel ,directed ,energy       
,cooperation ,act4  #b4 ,united         
,states-,israel directed energy         
capabilities cooperation  7a7 ,authority
  7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of   
,defense1 upon request of the ,ministry 
of ,defense of ,israel and with the     
concurrence of the ,secretary of ,state1
 is authorized to carry out research1   
development1 test1 and evaluation       
activities1 on a joint basis with       
,israel1 to establish directed energy   
capabilities that address threats to the
 ,united ,states1 deployed forces of the
 ,united ,states1 or ,israel4 ,any      
activities carried out pursuant to such 
authority shall be conducted in a manner
 that appropriately protects sensitive  
information and the national security   
interests of the ,united ,states and the
 national security interests of ,israel4
  7#b7 ,report ,the activities described
 in paragraph 7#a7 may be carried out   
after the ,secretary of ,defense submits

 to the appropriate committees of       
,congress a report setting forth the    
following3  7,a7 ,a memorandum of       
agreement between the ,united ,states   
and ,israel regarding sharing of        
research and development costs for the  
capabilities described in paragraph     
7#a71 and any supporting documents4     
7,b7 ,a certification that the          
memorandum of agreement-- 7i7 requires  
sharing of costs of projects1 including 
in-kind support1 between the ,united    
,states and ,israel2  7ii7 establishes a
 framework to negotiate the rights to   
any intellectual property developed     
under the memorandum of agreement2 and  
7iii7 requires the ,united ,states      
,government to receive semiannual       
reports on expenditure of funds1 if any1
 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  7b7  
,support in connection with activities  

7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of     
,defense is authorized to provide       
maintenance and sustainment support to  
,israel for the directed energy         
capabilities research1 development1     
test1 and evaluation activities         
authorized in subsection 7a77#a74 ,such 
authority includes authority to install 
equipment necessary to carry out such   
research1 development1 test1 and        
evaluation4  7#b7 ,report ,the support  
described in paragraph 7#a7 may not be  
provided until #ae days after the       
,secretary of ,defense submits to the   
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
report setting forth a detailed         
description of the support to be        
provided4  7#c7 ,matching contribution  
,the support described in paragraph 7#a7
 may not be provided unless the         
,secretary of ,defense certifies to the 
appropriate committees of ,congress that
 the ,government of ,israel will        
contribute to such support--  7,a7 an   
amount equal to not less than the amount

 of support to be so provided2 or  7,b7 
an amount that otherwise meets the best 
efforts of ,israel1 as mutually agreed  
to by the ,united ,states and ,israel4  
7c7 ,lead agency ,the ,secretary of     
,defense shall designate an appropriate 
research and development entity of a    
military department as the lead agency  
of the ,department of ,defense in       
carrying out this section4  7d7         
,semiannual report ,the ,secretary of   
,defense shall submit to the appropriate
 committees of ,congress 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 pursuant 
to subsection 7a77#b77;,b77iii74  7e7   
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate committees of ,congress     
means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,armed   
,services1 the ,committee on ,foreign   
,relations1 the ,committee on ,homeland 
,security and ,governmental ,affairs1   

the ,committee on ,appropriations1 and  
the ,select ,committee on ,intelligence 
of the ,senate2 and  7#b7 the ,committee
 on ,armed ,services1 the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs1 the ,committee on    
,homeland ,security1 the ,committee on  
,appropriations1 and the ,permanent     
,select ,committee on ,intelligence of  
the ,house of ,representatives4