S.Amdt. 6403

SA 6403. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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 X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. CLASSIFIED BRIEFING AND REPORT ON
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THREATS POSED BY GOVERNMENT
OF ISRAEL.

(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in
coordination with the Director of National Intelligence,
provide to all members of Congress and appropriately cleared
staff of members and committees of Congress a classified
briefing, and submit to Congress and such members and
committees a classified report, on counterintelligence
threats posed by the Government of Israel.
(b) Elements.--The briefing and the report required by
subsection (a) shall address the scope, intensity, and trends
of espionage by the Government of Israel directed against--
(1) United States companies doing business with the
Department of Defense and the intelligence community (as
defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 3003)), including attendant risks to sensitive defense
and intelligence-related intellectual property and
proprietary corporate information;
(2) members and staff of Congress; and
(3) officials and agencies of the United States Government,
including senior officials of the executive branch of the
Federal Government engaged in sensitive negotiations with
countries in the Middle East.
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