Israel QME Enhancement Act

Israel QME Enhancement Act - Directs the President, on a biennial basis, to: (1) carry out an assessment of the extent to which Israel possesses a qualitative military edge over military threats to it, and (2) submit a related report to Congress. (Current law requires an assessment on an ongoing basis and a report every four years.)

Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on: (1) the range of cyber and asymmetric threats posed to Israel by state and non-state actors, and (2) joint U.S.-Israel efforts to address such threats.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1992 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1992

     To amend the requirements relating to assessment of Israel's 
    qualitative military edge over military threats, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2013

Mr. Collins of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Royce, and Ms. 
   Gabbard) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the requirements relating to assessment of Israel's 
    qualitative military edge over military threats, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Israel QME Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ASSESSMENT OF ISRAEL'S 
              QUALITATIVE MILITARY EDGE OVER MILITARY THREATS.

    (a) Assessment Required; Reports.--Section 201 of Public Law 110-
429 (122 Stat. 4843; 22 U.S.C. 2776 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``an ongoing basis'' and 
        inserting ``a biennial basis''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Quadrennial'' and 
                inserting ``Biennial''; and
                    (B) in the text, by striking ``Not later than four 
                years after the date on which the President transmits 
                the initial report under paragraph (1), and every four 
                years thereafter,'' and inserting ``Not later than one 
                year after the date of the enactment of the Israel QME 
                Enhancement Act, and biennially thereafter,''.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
        Congress a report on criteria used to include cyber and 
        asymmetric threats for purposes of the assessment required 
        under section 201(a) of Public Law 110-429 (122 Stat. 4843; 22 
        U.S.C. 2776 note; relating to Israel's qualitative military 
        edge over military threats to Israel) (as amended by subsection 
        (a)(1)).
            (2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``qualitative 
        military edge'' has the meaning given the term in section 36(h) 
        of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(h)).
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