Sec. 1706. Continual assessment of impact of international state arms embargoes on Israel and actions to address defense capability gaps
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The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall conduct a continual assessment of— the scope, nature, and impact on Israel’s defense capabilities of current and emerging arms embargoes, sanctions, restrictions, or limitations imposed by foreign countries or by international organizations; and the resulting gaps or vulnerabilities in Israel’s security posture against shared regional adversaries, such as Iran and Iranian-backed terrorist groups such as Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah, and its ability to maintain its qualitative military edge. The assessment required under paragraph
(1)shall be updated not less than once every 180 days. Each assessment required under subsection
(a)shall also include a determination of specific defensive capabilities, systems, or technologies that Israel is unable to procure, sustain, or modernize due to arms embargoes or restrictions. The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall identify potential actions the United States may take to mitigate such gaps in defensive capabilities, including— addressing barriers to the delivery of defense articles or services under the foreign military sales program; to the extent possible without undermining United States requirements or readiness, leveraging United States industrial base capacity to provide substitute defensive capabilities; expanding joint research, development, and production of defense technologies; and enhancing cooperative training, prepositioning, and logistics support. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the most recent assessment conducted under subsection (a). The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form and may contain a classified annex. The requirement to conduct continual assessments under this section shall terminate 5 years after the date of enactment of this section.