United States-Israel Military Capability Act of 2020

Summary

United States-Israel Military Capability Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Defense, with the concurrence of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, to establish a United States-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group. The purposes of the working group shall be to (1) provide a standing forum for the United States and Israel to identify and share intelligence-informed military capability requirements; (2) assist defense suppliers in both countries to gain government approval for conducting joint science, technology, research, development, test, evaluation, and production efforts; and (3) develop combined U.S.-Israel plans to research, develop, procure, and field weapons systems and military capabilities to meet common capability requirements.

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Timeline

1. 20 May 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

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2. 20 May 2020

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 20 May 2020 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 May 2020

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 20 May 2020

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Sponsors

• Gary Peters · D · Sponsor
• Tom Cotton · R · Sponsor
• Kevin Cramer · R · Cosponsor
• Martha McSally · R · Cosponsor
• Josh Hawley · R · Cosponsor
• Jacky Rosen · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfr00 · Standing

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