US Congress House Bill 1349 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Defense Cooperation Act This bill authorizes the President, upon request of the government of Israel, and acting through the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, to: carry out research, development, and test activities on a joint basis with Israel to establish an anti-tunneling defense system to detect, map, and destroy underground tunnels from Gaza to the territory of Israel or other countries that share a border with Gaza; and provide assistance to Israel for an anti-tunneling system. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act may be obligated or expended until the President, acting through the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, makes specified certifications to Congress regarding: fund use by Israel, sharing of research and development costs, and the rights to any intellectual property developed under the cooperative research and development projects.

United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Defense Cooperation Act

Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
2015-03-10	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2015-03-10	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2015-03-10	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-03-10	House	Introduced in House

HB1735 (Related) 2015-10-22 - Vetoed by President.
HB3705 (Related) 2015-10-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1349/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1349/BILLS-114hr1349ih.pdf