,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #daef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #b1 #bjai,mr4
 ,meadows introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to      
provide defense and security assistance 
to ensure the survival of ,israel and   
its people from an existing or imminent 
military threat1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,america ,stands with      
,israel ,act4  #b4 ,authority to address
 existing or imminent military threat to
 ,israel  7a7 ,authority ,the           
,president1 upon request of the ,prime  
,minister of ,israel1 is authorized to  
carry out such actions that may be      
necessary to ensure the survival of     
,israel and its people from an existing 
or imminent military threat1 including  
threats from other countries1 terrorist 
organizations1 and violent extremist1   
cyber1 and chemical1 biological1 and    
nuclear threats4 ,any activities carried

 out pursuant to such authority shall be
 conducted in a manner that             
appropriately protects the national     
security interests of the ,united       
,states and the national security       
interests of ,israel4  7b7 ,use of force
  7#a7 ,in general ,in carrying out     
subsection 7a71 the ,president is       
authorized to use force and introduce   
,united ,states ,armed ,forces--  7,a7  
into hostilities or into situations     
where imminent involvement in           
hostilities is clearly indicated by the 
circumstances2  7,b7 into the territory1
 airspace or waters of a foreign        
country1 while equipped for combat2 or  
7,c7 in numbers which substantially     
enlarge ,united ,states ,armed ,forces  
equipped for combat already located in a
 foreign country4  7#b7 ,report ,not    
later than #dh hours after exercising   
the authority under this subsection1 the
 ,president shall submit to the ,speaker
 of the ,house of ,representatives and  
to the ,president pro tempore of the    

,senate a report1 in writing1 setting   
forth--  7,a7 the circumstances         
necessitating the introduction of       
,united ,states ,armed ,forces2  7,b7   
the constitutional and legislative      
authority under which such introduction 
took place2 and  7,c7 the estimated     
scope and duration of the hostilities or
 any other situation described in       
paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,other information 
,to be reported ,the ,president shall   
provide such other information as       
,congress may request in the fulfillment
 of its constitutional responsibilities 
with respect to exercising the authority
 under subsection 7b74  7d7 ,periodic   
reports2 semiannual requirement         
,whenever ,united ,states ,armed ,forces
 are introduced into hostilities or into
 any other situation described in       
subsection 7b71 the ,president shall1 so
 long as such ,armed ,forces continue to
 be engaged in such hostilities or      
situation1 report to ,congress          
periodically on the status of such      

hostilities or situation as well as on  
the scope and duration of such          
hostilities or situation1 but in no     
event shall the ,president report to    
,congress less often than once every six
 months4  #c4 ,waiver for existing or   
imminent military threat to ,israel     
,section #ch of the ,arms ,export       
,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bggh7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7l7 ,waiver for existing or 
imminent military threat to ,israel     
7#a7 ,in general ,upon receiving        
information that ,israel is under an    
existing or imminent threat of military 
attack1 the ,president may waive the    
requirements of this ,act and direct the
 immediate transfer to ,israel of such  
defense articles or services the        
,president determines to be necessary to
 assist ,israel in its defense against  
such threat4 ,amounts obligated or      
expended to carry out this paragraph    
shall not be subject to any limitation  
in law1 or provision of any bilateral   

agreement1 relating to the amount of    
,united ,states assistance authorized to
 be made available to ,israel4  7#b7    
,notification required ,as soon as      
practicable after a transfer of defense 
articles or services pursuant to the    
authority provided by paragraph 7#a71   
the ,president shall provide a          
notification in writing to ,congress of 
the details of such transfer1 consistent
 with the requirements of section #cf of
 this ,act4  4