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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4681 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4681
To require the Secretary of Defense to take action to improve air and
missile defense acquisition, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 4, 2026
Ms. Rosen (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Lankford)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to take action to improve air and
missile defense acquisition, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Optimizing Acquisition Strategies
for Integrated Security in the Middle East Act of 2026'' or the ``OASIS
Act of 2026''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ACQUISITION.
(a) Assessment of Air and Missile Defense Systems and
Interceptors.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of State--
(A) complete an assessment of United States and
foreign specified partner air and missile defense
systems and interceptors in the area of responsibility
of the United States Central Command; and
(B) submit to the congressional defense committees
a report on the findings of the Secretary with respect
to the assessment completed under subparagraph (A).
(2) Contents.--The report submitted pursuant to paragraph
(1)(B) shall include the following
(A) A description of current air and missile
defense systems and interceptors used by the United
States and foreign specified partners to defend against
attacks.
(B) An analysis of current inventories and
production rates of air and missile defense systems and
interceptors produced by the United States and foreign
specified partners.
(C) An assessment of the number of air and missile
defense systems deployed and interceptors expended to
defend against attacks within the area of
responsibility of the United States Central Command
since October 7, 2023, disaggregated by--
(i) the United States; and
(ii) foreign specified partners.
(D) An assessment of the air and missile defense
systems within the area of the responsibility of the
United States Central Command that have been damaged or
destroyed in attacks since October 7, 2023.
(E) An assessment of the air and missile defense
systems and interceptors developed and produced by the
United States for which the United States defense
industry cannot fulfill the orders placed by foreign
specified partners so as to necessitate acquisition
from other sources.
(b) Strategy.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, submit to the
congressional defense committees a strategy and implementation
plan for cooperation with foreign specified partners to
implement a multinational air and missile defense system and
interceptor acquisition strategy to defend United States
nationals and assets and foreign specified partners from
attacks.
(2) Elements.--The strategy and implementation plan
submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A description of current efforts by the United
States to engage foreign specified partners to
prioritize air and missile defense needs, including
coordination--
(i) to replenish interceptor stock
supplies;
(ii) to facilitate the transfer and
delivery of air and missile defense systems
from the United States to foreign specified
partners; and
(iii) to increase air and missile defense
system and interceptor supply bases located
within the area of responsibility of Untied
States Central Command.
(B) An assessment of the feasibility and cost of
creating an air and missile defense system and
interceptor stockpile located within the area of
responsibility of United States Central Command to be
exclusively used by--
(i) the United States; and
(ii) foreign specified partners.
(C) An assessment of the feasibility of
establishing joint ventures, licensing agreements, and
co-production and manufacturing partnerships between
the United States and foreign specified partners to
accelerate the production of air and missile defense
systems and interceptors.
(D) An identification of steps that can be taken to
accelerate the joint research, development,
acquisition, and transfer of alternative or lower-cost
interceptor solutions and complementary air and missile
defense capabilities between the United States and
foreign specified partners, and the co-production of
interceptors in the United States, where feasible.
(E) An analysis of the legal, economic, and defense
policy aspects of a closer air and missile defense
acquisition partnership between the United States and
foreign specified partners.
(F) An analysis of lessons learned from air defense
efforts in regional theaters, including Ukraine, the
Middle East and North Africa, the Caucasus, and the
Horn of Africa.
(3) Protection of sensitive information.--The strategy and
plan submitted under paragraph (1) shall provide that any
activity carried out pursuant to the strategy and plan is
conducted in a manner that is consistent with protection of
intelligence sources and methods and appropriately protects
sensitive information and the national security interests of
the United States.
(4) Form.--The strategy and implementation plan submitted
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form,
but may include a classified annex.
(c) Missile Defense Agency Regional Working Group.--
(1) Establishment.--(A) Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Missile
Defense Agency shall, in consultation with the commander of
United States Central Command, and the Secretary of State,
establish a working group--
(i) to facilitate the systematic and regular
sharing of lessons learned on the battlefield to inform
future air and missile defense requirements, including
research, development, testing, evaluation, production,
procurement, training, and doctrine; and
(ii) to integrate ideas, policies, proposals,
findings, and best practices into regional strategy and
other relevant regional planning documents relating to
missile defense.
(B) The working group established under subparagraph (A)
shall be known as the ``Multilateral Middle East Missile and
Drone Defense Working Group'' (in this section referred to as
the ``Working Group'').
(C) The Working Group shall consist of representatives of
the following:
(i) The United States.
(ii) Foreign specified partners.
(iii) Such others as the Director considers
appropriate.
(2) Duties and responsibilities of director.--The Director
shall, in consultation with the Commander of United States
Central Command, lead the working group and be responsible for
regularly engaging with foreign specified partners to exchange
information and develop best practices to expand upon existing
efforts to integrate air and missile defenses and to replenish
and expand interceptor inventories and air and missile defense
capacity.
(3) Convening.--The Working Group shall convene not less
frequently than once every six months, with meeting frequency
determined by the Director, in consultation with the Commander
of United States Central Command and foreign specified
partners.
(4) Annual reports.--(A) Not later than one year after the
date of the establishment of the Working Group, and not less
frequently than annually thereafter, the Director shall, in
consultation with the commander of the United States Central
Command, submit to the congressional defense committees an
annual report on the activities of the Working Group.
(B) Each report submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A)
shall include, for the period covered by the report, the
following:
(i) A list of partner governments participating in
the Working Group and a description of the degree of
participation of each partner.
(ii) A description of the meetings conducted.
(iii) A summary of battlefield lessons learned
shared through the Working Group, including lessons
derived from operations against attacks in the area of
responsibility of United States Central Command.
(iv) An identification of capability gaps among the
United States and foreign specified partners and
recommendations for how such gaps should be addressed
to inform future air and missile defense requirements.
(v) Such recommendations for legislative or
administrative action as the Director may have to
improve the effectiveness of the Working Group.
(C) Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall be
submitted in an unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``air and missile defense systems'' means air
and missile defense articles, unmanned aerial defense articles,
rocket defense articles, including kinetic and nonkinetic
capabilities, and all of their component parts, including
command and control centers, sensors, radars, and launchers.
(2) The term ``attacks'' means missile, manned and unmanned
aerial system, and rocket attacks from Iran and armed groups
linked to Iran.
(3) The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the
meaning given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United
States Code.
(4) The term ``foreign specified partners'' means allies
and partners in the area of responsibility of the United States
Central Command.
(5) The term ``interceptors'' means air and missile,
unmanned aerial, nonkinetic payloads, and rocket defense
articles designed to detect, track, disable, or destroy
incoming missiles, manned and unmanned aerial systems, and
rockets.
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