,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ab1 #bjbj,mr4  
,pappas 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,gooden1 ,mr4
 ,suozzi1 and ,mr4 ,kustoff of          
,tennessee7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to authorize funding for a     
bilateral cooperative program with      
,israel for the development of health   
technologies with a focus on combating  
,,covid-#ai4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,expanding     
,medical ,partnerships with ,israel to  
,lessen ,dependence on ,china ,act or   
the ,,empil-,,doc ,act4  #b4 ,bilateral 
cooperative agreement  7a7              
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the 
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services #d1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal 
years #bjba through #bjbc for a         
bilateral cooperative program with the  
,government of ,israel for awarding     

grants for the development of health    
technologies1 including such            
technologies described in subsection    
7b71 subject to subsection 7c71 with an 
emphasis on collaboratively advancing   
the use of technology1 personalized     
medicine1 and data in relation to       
,,covid-#ai4  7b7 ,types of health      
technologies ,the health technologies   
described in this subsection shall      
include technologies such as artificial 
intelligence1 drugs and vaccinations1   
respiratory assist devices1 diagnostic  
tests1 and telemedicine4  7c7           
,restrictions on funding ,the funding   
under subsection 7a7 is subject to a    
matching contribution from the          
,government of ,israel4  7d7 ,option for
 establishing new program ,the amounts  
appropriated under subsection 7a7 may   
be-- 7#a7 for a bilateral program with  
the ,government of ,israel that is in   
existence on the day before the date of 
enactment of this ,act for the purposes 
described in such subsection2 or  7#b7  

for a bilateral program with the        
,government of ,israel that is          
established after the date of enactment 
of this ,act by the ,secretary of       
,health and ,human ,services1 in        
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,state1 in accordance with the          
,agreement between the ,government of   
the ,united ,states of ,america and the 
,government of the ,state of ,israel on 
,cooperation in ,science and ,technology
 for ,homeland ,security ,matters1 done 
at ,jerusalem ,may #bi1 #bjjh 7or a     
successor agreement71 for the purposes  
described in subsection 7a74