,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ah1 #bjai,ms4
 ,frankel 7for herself and ,mr4 ,weber  
of ,texas7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to authorize appropriations for
 certain cooperative projects among the 
,united ,states1 ,israel1 and developing
 countries1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,united ,states-,israel            
,international ,development ,cooperation
 ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,statement of      
policy and memorandum of understanding  
7a7 ,statement of policy ,it should be  
the policy of the ,united ,states       
,agency for ,international ,development 
to seek to partner with ,israel in order
 to advance common goals across a wide  
variety of sectors1 including for       
projects relating to--  7#a7 energy1    
agriculture1 and food security2  7#b7   
democracy1 human rights1 and governance2

  7#c7 economic growth and trade2 and   
7#d7 education1 environment1 global     
health1 water1 and sanitation4  7b7     
,memorandum of understanding ,the       
,administrator of the ,united ,states   
,agency for ,international ,development 
is authorized to enter into a memorandum
 of understanding with the appropriate  
officials of the ,government of ,israel 
in order to enhance coordination between
 the two countries on advancing the     
common goals described in subsection    
7a77#a7 through 7a77#d7 with a focus on 
strengthening mutual ties and           
cooperation with other countries        
throughout the world4  #c4 ,cooperative 
projects among the ,united ,states1     
,israel1 and developing countries       
,section #ajf7;f7 of the ,foreign       
,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #baea;d7 is amended to read as follows3
  7f7 ,there is authorized to be        
appropriated #b1jjj1jjj for each of     
fiscal years #bjbj through #bjbd to     
finance cooperative projects among the  

,united ,states1 ,israel1 and developing
 countries that identify and support    
local solutions to address              
sustainability challenges relating to   
water resources1 agriculture1 and energy
 storage1 including for the following   
activities3  7#a7 ,establishing         
public-private partnerships4  7#b7      
,supporting the identification1         
research1 development testing1 and      
scaling of innovations that focus on    
populations that are vulnerable to      
environmental and resource-scarcity     
crises1 such as subsistence farming     
communities4  7#c7 ,seed or             
transition-to-scale funding1 publicity  
and marketing promotional support1 or   
mentorship and partnership brokering    
support4  7#d7 ,acceleration of         
demonstrations or applications of local 
solutions to sustainability challenges1 
or the further refinement1 testing1 or  
implementation of innovations that have 
previously effectively addressed        
sustainability challenges4  4