S.Amdt. 2083

SA 2083. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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:

At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. 12__. SENSE OF SENATE ON UNITED STATES-ISRAEL
COOPERATION ON PRECISION-GUIDED MUNITIONS.

It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the Department of Defense has cooperated extensively
with Israel to assist in the procurement of precision-guided
munitions, and such cooperation represents an important
example of robust United States support for Israel;
(2) to the extent practicable, the Secretary of Defense
should take further measures to expedite deliveries of
precision-guided munitions to Israel; and
(3) regularized annual purchases of precision-guided
munitions by Israel, in accordance with existing requirements
and practices regarding the export of defense articles and
defense services, coordinated with the United States Air
Force annual purchase of precision-guided munitions, would
enhance the security of both the United States and Israel
by--
(A) promoting a more efficient use of defense resources by
taking advantage of economies of scale;
(B) enabling the United States and Israel to address crisis
requirements for precision-guided munitions in a timely and
flexible manner; and
(C) encouraging the defense industrial base to maintain
routine production lines of precision-guided munitions.
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