UNITED STATES-ISRAEL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE WORKING GROUP.

SEC. 864. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE WORKING GROUP. (a) In General.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall convene a working group to be known as the “United States-Israel Defense Industrial Base Working Group” to study— (1) the potential for greater integration of the defense industrial bases of the United States and Israel; and (2) the feasibility and advisability of including Israel in the national technology and industrial base, as defined in section 4801 of title 10, United States Code. (b) Protection of Sensitive Information.—Any activity carried out pursuant to the authority provided by subsection (a) shall be conducted in a manner that appropriately protects sensitive information and the national security interests of the United States and Israel. (c) Report.— (1) In general.—Not later than 120 days after convening the United States-Israel Defense Industrial Base Working Group, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall provide a report to the appropriate congressional committees that takes into account the results of the study conducted under subsection (a). Such report shall include— (A) an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of including Israel in the national technology and industrial base, and a description of United States funding or legal authorities required for such inclusion; and (B) any description of United States funding or legal authorities required for greater integration of the defense industrial bases of the United States and Israel, if so determined to be advisable. (2) Form.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.—In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.