S.Amdt. 105

SA 105. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1, to make improvements to certain defense and
security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriation of
funds to Israel, to reauthorize the United States-Jordan Defense
Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the wholesale slaughter of the
Syrian people, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

Beginning in section 121, strike subsection (b) and all
that follows through section 122 and insert the following:
(b) Continuing Cooperation.--The Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall continue
to work with the Israel Space Agency to identify and
cooperatively pursue peaceful space exploration and science
initiatives in areas of mutual interest, taking all
appropriate measures to protect sensitive information,
intellectual property, trade secrets, and economic interests
of the United States, including through joint projects in
Israel and Israeli-controlled territories to be funded
through the United States-Israel Binational Science
Foundation, the United States-Israel Binational Industrial
Research and Development Foundation, and the Israel-United
States Binational Industrial Research and Development
Foundation.

SEC. 122. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP FOR
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES.

(a) Statement of Policy.--It should be the policy of the
United States to partner with Israel in order to advance
common goals across a wide variety of sectors, including
energy, agriculture and food security, democracy, human
rights and governance, economic growth and trade, education,
environment, global health, and water and sanitation,
including through joint projects in Israel and Israeli-
controlled territories to be funded through the United
States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, the United
States-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development
Foundation, and the Israel-United States Binational
Industrial Research and Development Foundation.
(b) Memorandum of Understanding.--The Secretary of State,
acting through the Administrator of the United States Agency
for International Development in accordance with established
procedures, is authorized to enter into memoranda of
understanding with Israel in order to enhance coordination on
advancing common goals on energy, agriculture and food
security, democracy, human rights and governance, economic
growth and trade, education, environment, global health, and
water and sanitation, including through joint projects in
Israel and Israeli-controlled territories to be funded
through the United States-Israel Binational Science
Foundation, the United States-Israel Binational Industrial
Research and Development Foundation, and the Israel-United
States Binational Industrial Research and Development
Foundation, with a focus on strengthening mutual ties and
cooperation with nations throughout the world.
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