Sec. 234. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CO-PRODUCTION OF IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES

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## SEC. 234 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CO-PRODUCTION OF IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES ###

(a)Availability of Funds ####

(1)In general Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, for the Missile Defense Agency, not more than $15,000,000 may be obligated or expended for nonrecurring engineering costs in connection with the establishment of a capacity for co-production in the United States by industry of the United States of parts and components for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program. Such obligation or expenditure shall be made pursuant to an agreement described in paragraph (2). ####

(2)Agreement described An agreement described in this paragraph is an agreement entered into by the Government of the United States and the Government of Israel with respect to the co-production in the United States of parts and components for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program. ###

(b)Report on Co-production Not later than 30 days after obligating or expending funds specified in subsection (a), the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the plan to implement an agreement described in paragraph

(2)of such subsection, including the following: ####

(1)A description of the estimated cost of implementing the agreement, including the costs to be paid by industry. ####

(2)The expected schedule to implement the agreement. ####

(3)A description of any efforts to minimize the costs of the agreement to the Government of the United States. ###

(c)Report on Missile Defense Cooperation ####

(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 congressional defense committees a report on the status of missile defense cooperation between the United States and Israel. ####

(2)Elements The report under paragraph

(1)shall include the following: #####

(A)A description of the current program of ballistic missile defense cooperation between the United States and Israel, including the objectives and results of such cooperation as of the date of the report. #####

(B)A description of steps taken during the year prior to the report, and steps planned to be taken during the year following the report, by the governments of the United States and Israel to improve the coordination, interoperability, and integration of the missile defense capabilities of the United States and Israel. #####

(C)A description of joint missile defense exercises and training that have been conducted by the United States and Israel, and the lessons learned from such exercises. #####

(D)A description of joint efforts of the United States and Israel to develop ballistic missile defense technologies and capabilities. #####

(E)Any other matters that the Secretary considers appropriate. ###

(d)Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or affect the procurement schedule, or anticipated procurement numbers, under the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program. ###

(e)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####

(1)second-source production of parts and components of the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program that is based in the United States is in the national security interest of both Israel and the United States; and ####

(2)the move towards such a second-source capacity in the United States for integration and assembly of all-up rounds of the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program will further enhance the security of Israel by ensuring added production capability of such vital program.