Text of Senate Amendment 6139

On 2026-06-24, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6139" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6139

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3335-S3337] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6139. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Strike section 845. Strike section 1217 and insert the following: SEC. 1217. STUDY ON ISRAEL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION INITIATIVE. (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense, along with the Director of National Intelligence, shall conduct a feasibility study on synchronizing bilateral defense technology cooperative efforts between the United States and Israel. [[Page S3337]] (b) Elements.--The study under required under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A cost-benefit analysis, including the projected fiscal costs, of establishing an initiative to expand and accelerate bilateral defense technology research, development, testing, evaluation, integration, and industrial cooperation with Israel including by-- (A) identifying jointly developed or Israeli-origin technologies with operational utility for integration into United States systems and programs of record; (B) conducting collaborative research initiatives involving government, private sector, and academic institutions in the United States and Israel, in a manner that protects sensitive technology and information and the national security interests of the United States and Israel; (C) facilitating the transition of technologies from research and development into procurement and acquisition pathways; (D) establishing frameworks for joint ventures, licensing agreements, and United States based co-production or manufacturing partnerships with Israeli industry; (E) coordinating with relevant Department of Defense components, including the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate, capability development and innovation divisions, the Defense Innovation Unit, the United States-Israel Operations Technology Working Group, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Missile Defense Agency, the United States Space Command, and the military services, to align efforts and avoid duplication; and (F) promoting joint training exercises and information- sharing mechanisms to enhance operational readiness to deploy jointly developed technologies. (2) An evaluation of whether and how United States national security interests are served through the elements described in paragraph (1) on domain areas described in subsection (c) and how those determinations were made. (3) An analysis of existing initiatives to expand and accelerate bilateral defense technology research, development, testing, evaluation, integration, and industrial cooperation with NATO countries, Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, and any other treaty allies in domain areas described in subsection (c). (4) An assessment of existing cooperation with Israel on any bilateral defense technology research, development, testing, evaluation, integration, coproduction agreements, and industrial cooperation on domain areas described in subsection (c), including whether any jointly developed technologies or systems allow one of the parties to prevent the other from using or transferring the technology. (5) An assessment of counterintelligence risks associated with entering into any bilateral defense technology research, development, testing, evaluation, integration, and industrial cooperation with Israel on the domain areas referenced in subsection (c). (c) Domain Areas.--Specific efforts for expansion to be analyzed in the study required under subsection (a) should include the following domain areas: (1) Counter-Unmanned Systems, including aerial, maritime, and ground platforms. (2) Anti-tunneling and subterranean threats. (3) Missile and air defense technologies, including Golden Dome for America. (4) Artificial intelligence, quantum, machine learning, and autonomous systems. (5) Directed energy and advanced sensing. (6) Cyber defense, electronic warfare, and digital resilience. (7) Biotechnology, biomanufacturing, and medical defense. (8) Network integration, data fusion, and contested logistics. (9) Defense industrial base cooperation, manufacturing, and co-production. (10) Other emerging technologies as jointly agreed by the United States and Israel. (d) Report.-- (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report on the results of the study conducted under this section. (2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. ______