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<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Mark your calendar:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Next Sunday,
April 28: Protest “Celebration of Israel”:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>65 years of ethnic cleansing, occupation
and apartheid is enough! <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=GramE>Details and other events below.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><br>
Take Action.</span></font></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>In March, Senator
Barbara Boxer introduced S 462, “To enhance the strategic partnership
between the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>.”
The full text of the bill is included below. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>There
are many grounds to object to this bill, including that it continues to affirms
<st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> support for <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
occupation, illegal settlements, and violations of the rights of the Palestinian
people. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The bill also would include <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region> as one of the countries for which there is
a reciprocal no-visa requirement, EXCEPT that all of the other countries with
whom the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> shares this
relationship are not allowed to discriminate against <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> citizens. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region>
would be allowed to continue its profiling, harassment, and denial of entry into
<st1:City w:st="on">Palestine</st1:City>’s West Bank or <st1:City w:st="on">Gaza</st1:City>
those <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>
citizens it considers a potential security risk, i.e. those who are Palestinian,
Arab, Muslim, or activists for Palestinian rights.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Palestinians in the West Bank and <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:City> have NO control over
their own borders – <span class=GramE>who</span> enters and leaves is
determined by the Israeli military.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Call Senator Boxer: </span></font><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>202-224-3553 (Wash DC) or 916- 448-2787 (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:place></st1:City>) or email her:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><a
href="http://www.boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/policycomments.cfm">http://www.boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/policycomments.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Upcoming Events:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Monday,
Apr 22</span></font></b><font size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:green'><span style='color:000000'>, 12:30 - 1:50pm, Lecture by <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Ali</st1:PersonName>son Weir, journalist and founder of If Americans
Knew on Palestine/Israel. <span class=GramE>Room D-5, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sierra</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">5000 Rocklin Rd</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Rocklin.</span> Free & open to public. FMI: smcdonald@sierracollege.edu. </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold'>Monday,
Apr 22</span></font></b><font size=2 color=red><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:red'><span style='color:000000'>, 6pm, <span class=GramE>Free</span>
film: <a href="http://www.kinolorber.com/5brokencameras/"><font color=red><span
style='color:red'>5 Broken Cameras</span></font></a>. <span class=GramE>Redwood
<span class=SpellE>Rm</span>, Student Union, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sac</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">6000 J St</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:address>.</span> <a
href="https://www.facebook.com/SJP.Sac.State"><span class=GramE><font
color=red><span style='color:red'>On <span class=SpellE>Facebook</span></span></font></span></a><span
class=GramE>.</span> FMI: 916-267-8087. </span><b><span style='font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Wednesday, Apr 24<span style='color:000000'>, 7pm</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>, <span class=GramE>Free</span> film:
Lemon Tree tells the story of widow <span class=SpellE>Salma</span> <span
class=SpellE>Zidane</span>, who lives in the occupied <st1:place w:st="on">West
Bank</st1:place> and earns a meager living from a small grove of lemon trees
planted by her family. When the Israeli minister of defense builds a house adjacent
to <span class=SpellE>Salma’s</span>, her lemon trees <span class=GramE>are</span>
deemed a security risk. Sol Collective, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">2574 21st St</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:address>.
Donations requested. FMI: <a href="mailto:sacramento@jewishvoiceforpeace.org">sacramento@jewishvoiceforpeace.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Sunday,
Apr 28</span></font></b><font color=green><span style='color:green'><span
style='color:000000'>, 10am - 2pm, 65 Years of Israeli Occupation and Apartheid
is enough: Protest <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Celebrating</span></i> <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> event. <st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> taxpayers give over $8 million a day to <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
enabling it to continue violating international law and the human rights of the
Palestinian people. The event, which goes from 10am-2pm, wrongly conflates
Judaism and Jewish values with the state of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>, which continues to torture
Palestinian political prisoners, steal Palestinian land for illegal settlements
and kill unarmed demonstrators. Meet 9:45am at 20th & L Sts, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:place></st1:City>. FMI:
sacramentobds@gmail.com; 916-448-7157. </span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold'>Sunday,
Apr 28</span></font></b><font size=2 color=red><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:red'><span style='color:000000'>, 7pm, Comedian and songster <a
href="http://www.davelippman.com"><font color=red><span style='color:red'>Dave
Lippman</span></font></a> returns to his former <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:place></st1:City> <span class=SpellE>stompin</span>’
grounds with new songs and his arch nemesis Wild Bill Bailout. <span
class=GramE>Sliding scale $8-15; portion of proceeds will benefit <span
class=SpellE>SacBDS</span> & the Sol Collective, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">2574 21st St</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:address>.</span>
FMI: SacramentoBDS@gmail.com. </span></span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><br>
<br>
<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Saturdays in May:</span></b><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Boycott <span class=SpellE>SodaStream</span>
Bannering and Leafleting, FMI: <a href="mailto:sacramentobds@gmail.com">sacramentobds@gmail.com</a>.
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=SpellE>SodaStream</span>
is made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land in
violation of international law.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Text of Senate Bill 462: </span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s462/text">http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s462/text</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>S
462 IS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>113th CONGRESS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>1st Session<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>S. 462<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=GramE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'>To enhance the strategic partnership between the
<st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</span></font></span><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>IN THE SENATE OF THE
UNITED STATES<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center;mso-outline-level:4'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'>March 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Mrs.
BOXER (for herself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CARDIN, and Ms.
COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
<hr size=3 width="100%" align=center>
</span></font></div>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>A BILL<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=GramE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'>To enhance the strategic partnership between the
<st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</span></font></span><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic'>Be it
enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States of America</st1:place></st1:country-region>
in Congress assembled,</span></font></i><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-outline-level:3'><span class=GramE><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>SECTION
1.</span></font></b></span><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'> <span
class=GramE>SHORT TITLE.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>This Act may be cited as the
‘United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013’.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-outline-level:3'><span class=GramE><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>SEC. 2.</span></font></b></span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'> <span class=GramE>FINDINGS.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Congress makes the following findings:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(1) The people and the Governments of the
<st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> share a
deep and unbreakable <span class=GramE>bond,</span> forged by over 60 years of
shared interests and shared values.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(2) Today, the people and Governments of
the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region> are facing a dynamic and rapidly changing
security environment in the Middle East and <st1:place w:st="on">North Africa</st1:place>,
necessitating deeper cooperation on a range of defense, security, and
intelligence matters.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(3) From <st1:City w:st="on">Gaza</st1:City>,
Hamas continues to deny <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region>’s
right to exist and persists in firing rockets indiscriminately at population
centers in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(4) Hezbollah--with support from <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region>--continues to stockpile rockets and may be
seeking to exploit the tragic and volatile security situation within <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(5) The Government of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region> continues
to pose a grave threat to the region and the world at large with its reckless
uranium enrichment program and defiance of multiple United Nations Security
Council resolutions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(6) The civil war in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Syria</st1:country-region> is threatening the security of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
chemical weapons arsenal, which could be deployed against its own people or
fall into the hands of terrorists.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(7) Given these challenges, it is
imperative that the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>
continue to deepen cooperation with allies like <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> in pursuit of shared policy
objectives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-outline-level:3'><span class=GramE><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>SEC. 3.</span></font></b></span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'> <span class=GramE>STATEMENT OF POLICY.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>It is the policy of the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States--</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(1) <span class=GramE>to</span> reaffirm
the unwavering support of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>
for the security of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>
as a Jewish state;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(2) <span class=GramE>to</span> reaffirm
the principals and objectives enshrined in the United States-Israel Enhanced
Security Cooperation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-150) and ensure its
implementation to the fullest extent;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(3) to reaffirm the importance of the
2007 United States-Israel Memorandum of Understanding on United States
assistance to Israel and the semi-annual Strategic Dialogue between the United
States and Israel;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(4) <span class=GramE>to</span> pursue
every opportunity to deepen cooperation with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> on a range of critical
issues including defense, homeland, energy, and cyber security;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(5) <span class=GramE>to</span> continue
to provide <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>
with robust security assistance, including for the development, procurement,
and maintenance of the Iron Dome Missile Defense System; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(6) <span class=GramE>to</span> support
the Government of Israel in its ongoing efforts to reach a negotiated political
settlement with the Palestinian people that results in two states living
side-by-side in peace and security.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-outline-level:3'><span class=GramE><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>SEC. 4.</span></font></b></span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'> SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ISRAEL AS A MAJOR STRATEGIC PARTNER.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>It is the sense of Congress that <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> is a
Major Strategic Partner.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-outline-level:3'><span class=GramE><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>SEC. 5.</span></font></b></span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'> <span class=GramE>EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE
AUTHORITY.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(a) Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2005- Section 12001(d) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
2005 (Public Law 108-287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking ‘more
than 10 years after’ and inserting ‘more than 11 years after’.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(b) Foreign Assistance Act of 1961-
Section 514(b<span class=GramE>)(</span>2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘and 2014’
and inserting ‘, 2014, and 2015’.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-outline-level:3'><span class=GramE><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>SEC. 6.</span></font></b></span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'> <span class=GramE>ELIGIBILITY OF <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">ISRAEL</st1:place></st1:country-region> FOR THE STRATEGIC TRADE
AUTHORIZATION EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN EXPORT CONTROL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(a) Finding- Congress finds that <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel--</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(1) <span class=GramE>has</span> declared
its unilateral adherence to the Missile Technology Control Regime and the <span
class=SpellE>Wassenaar</span> Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional
Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(2) <span class=GramE>is</span> a party
to--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(A) <span class=GramE>the</span>
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional
Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have
Indiscriminate Effects, signed at <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Geneva</st1:place></st1:City>
October 10, 1980;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(B) the Protocol for the Prohibition of
the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of
Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva June 17, 1925; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(C) <span class=GramE>the</span>
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, adopted at <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vienna</st1:place></st1:City> on October 26,
1979; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(3) <span class=GramE>is</span> a country
with a low risk of diversion of items subject to export controls.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(b) Eligibility for Strategic Trade
Authorization Exception- The Secretary of Commerce shall take steps to include
Israel in the list of countries eligible for the strategic trade authorization
exception under section 740.20(c)(1) of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations,
to the requirement for a license for the export, <span class=SpellE>reexport</span>,
or in-country transfer of an item subject to controls under the Export
Administration Regulations, consistent with the obligations of the United
States pursuant to international agreements.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-outline-level:3'><span class=GramE><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>SEC. 7.</span></font></b></span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'> <span class=GramE>ENERGY, WATER, HOMELAND SECURITY,
AGRICULTURE, AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL TECHNOLOGIES.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(a) In General- The President is
authorized to carry out United States-Israel cooperative activities and to
provide assistance promoting cooperation in the fields of energy, water,
homeland security, agriculture, and alternative fuel technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(b) Requirements- In carrying out
subsection (a), the President is authorized to share and exchange with <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region> research, technology, intelligence,
information, equipment, and personnel that the President determines will
advance the national security interests of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> and is consistent
with the Strategic Dialogue and pertinent provisions of law--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(1) <span class=GramE>by</span> enhancing
scientific cooperation between <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region>
and the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>;
or<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(2) <span class=GramE>by</span> the sale,
lease, exchange in kind, or other techniques the President determines to be
suitable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-outline-level:3'><span class=GramE><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>SEC. 8.</span></font></b></span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'> REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">STATES-ISRAEL</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">CENTER</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
OF EXCELLENCE ON CYBER SECURITY.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a report on
the feasibility and advisability of establishing a joint United States-Israel
Cyber Security Center for the purposes of sharing and advancing technologies
related to the prevention of cybercrimes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-outline-level:3'><span class=GramE><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>SEC. 9.</span></font></b></span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'> <span class=GramE>DESIGNATION OF <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">ISRAEL</st1:place></st1:country-region> AS VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
COUNTRY.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Section 217(c<span class=GramE>)(</span>2)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(2)) is amended--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(1) <span class=GramE>in</span> the
matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘subparagraph (G)
and’ after ‘Except as provided in’; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(2) <span class=GramE>by</span> adding at
the end the following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:2.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>‘<span class=GramE>(G) ISRAEL- The
State of Israel</span> shall be designated as a program country on the date on
which the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretary
of State, certifies that the Government of Israel--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:2.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>‘(<span class=SpellE>i</span>) <span
class=GramE>has</span> complied with all of the requirements set forth in
subparagraphs (B) through (F); and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:2.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>‘(ii) <span class=GramE>has</span>
made every reasonable effort, without jeopardizing the security of the State of
Israel, to ensure that reciprocal travel privileges are extended to all <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>
citizens.’.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-outline-level:3'><span class=GramE><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>SEC.
10.</span></font></b></span><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'> REPORT
ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 4 OF THE UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENHANCED SECURITY
COOPERATION ACT OF 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives, and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a comprehensive report on current and future efforts
undertaken by the President to fulfill the objectives of section 4 of the
United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act (22 U.S.C. 8603).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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