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SEC. 224 øLog 85464¿. UNITED STATES–ISRAEL DEFENSE1
TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION INITIATIVE.2
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense3
shall designate an executive agent, as such term is defined4
in Department of Defense Directive 5101.01 (relating to5
DoD Executive Agent, issued February 7, 2022), respon-6
sible for synchronizing cooperative efforts between the7
United States and Israel, to expand and accelerate bilat-8
eral defense technology research, development, testing,9
evaluation, integration, and industrial cooperation, by—10
(1) identifying jointly developed or Israeli-origin11
technologies with operational utility for potential in-12
tegration into United States systems and programs13
of record;14
(2) ensuring collaborative research initiatives15
involving government, private sector, and academic16
institutions in the United States and Israel, is done17
in a manner that protects sensitive technology and18
information and the national security interests of the19
United States and Israel;20
(3) facilitating the transition of technologies21
from research and development into procurement22
and acquisition pathways;23
(4) establishing frameworks for joint ventures,24
licensing agreements, and United States-based co-25
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production or manufacturing partnerships with1
Israeli industry;2
(5) coordinating with relevant Department of3
Defense components, including the Irregular War-4
fare Technical Support Directorate, capability devel-5
opment and innovation divisions, the Under Sec-6
retary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the7
Defense Innovation Unit, the United States-Israel8
Operations Technology Working Group, the Defense9
Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Missile De-10
fense Agency, the United States Space Command,11
the military departments, and other Department of12
Defense entities, as appropriate, to align efforts and13
avoid duplication; and14
(6) promoting joint training exercises and infor-15
mation-sharing mechanisms to enhance operational16
readiness to deploy jointly developed technologies.17
(b) COOPERATIVE EFFORTS.—The synchronized co-18
operative efforts under subsection (a) may be carried out19
through the following domains:20
(1) Counter-Unmanned Systems including aer-21
ial, maritime, and ground platforms.22
(2) Anti-tunneling and subterranean threats.23
(3) Missile and air defense technologies.24
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(4) Artificial intelligence, quantum, machine1
learning, and autonomous systems.2
(5) Directed energy and advanced sensing.3
(6) Cyber defense, electronic warfare, and dig-4
ital resilience.5
(7) Biotechnology, biomanufacturing, and med-6
ical defense.7
(8) Network integration, data fusion, and con-8
tested logistics.9
(9) Defense industrial base cooperation, manu-10
facturing, and co-production.11
(10) Other emerging technologies as jointly12
agreed by the United States and Israel.13
(c) ACTIVITIES IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER14
FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.—The Sec-15
retary of Defense shall coordinate activities, as appro-16
priate, with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Com-17
merce, and the heads of other relevant Federal depart-18
ments and agencies, to ensure consistency with existing19
laws and regulations.20
(d) INTERIM PROGRESS UPDATE.—Not later than21
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-22
retary of Defense shall provide to the congressional de-23
fense committees an interim briefing on—24
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(1) the executive agent designated pursuant to1
subsection (a) and the efforts undertaken by such2
executive agent to lead Department of Defense im-3
plementation of the synchronized cooperative efforts4
described in such subsection;5
(2) the status of coordination, Department-6
wide, with Israeli counterparts;7
(3) initial technology areas identified for accel-8
erated cooperation and technologies with operational9
utility for integration into United States systems10
and programs of record; and11
(4) any early transition, prototyping, or integra-12
tion activities initiated during the period covered by13
the update.14
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after15
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter16
until 2030, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the17
congressional defense committees a report on implementa-18
tion of the cooperative efforts described in subsection (a).19
Each such report shall include—20
(1) a description of activities conducted;21
(2) an assessment of progress made in advanc-22
ing shared national security interests;23
(3) an assessment of collaboration with other24
relevant Federal programs;25
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(4) a description of technologies transitioned1
into United States acquisition programs or fielded2
systems;3
(5) a description of partnerships established4
with United States and Israeli industry; and5
(6) recommendations for future opportunities to6
promote the long-term integration of joint capabili-7
ties between the United States and Israel.8
(f) FORM.—Each report required under subsection9
(e) shall be submitted in unclassified form and may in-10
clude a classified annex.11
(g) PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of De-12
fense shall make available on a publicly accessible website13
of the Department of Defense periodic, unclassified up-14
dates, to the maximum extent practicable, on the syn-15
chronized cooperative efforts carried out under subsection16
(a), including a description of how these efforts contribute17
to United States technological and military supremacy.18
Such updates shall be made in a manner that ensures that19
classified information or other information that would20
compromise operational security, export controls, or sen-21
sitive technology are not released.22
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Subtitle A—Authorization of1
Appropriations2
SEC. 301.øLog 85004¿. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-3
TIONS.4
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriat
