12 2 STA T .4 4 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 def e ns e ,i n clu din g f or rese a rc h and de v elo pm en t and for other activi - ties not other w ise limited by subsection ( a ) or (b), including, but not limited to, site surveys, studies, analysis, and planning and design for the proposed missile defense deployment in E urope .SEC.2 2 7 .SE N SE OF CON GR ESS ON MI SSI L E D EFENSE COO P ER AT ION W IT H ISRAEL. (a) SENS E OFC ON GR ESS. —I t is the sense of Congress that the U nited States should have an active program of ballistic missile defense cooperation with Israel, and should ta k e steps to improve the coordination, interoperability, and integration of United States and Israeli missile defense capabilities, and to enhance the capa- bility of both nations to defend against ballistic missile threats present in the M iddle East region. (b) R E P OR T .— ( 1 ) IN GENER AL .— N ot later than 1 80 days after the date of the enactment of this A ct, the Secretary of D efense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the status of missile defense cooperation between the United States and Israel. ( 2 ) CONTENT.— T he report submitted under this subsection shall include each of the following
(A) A description of the current program of ballistic missile defense cooperation between the United States and Israel, including its ob j ectives and results to date. ( B ) A description of steps taken within the previous five years to improve the interoperability and coordination of the missile defense capabilities of the United States and Israel. (C) A description of steps planned to be taken by the governments of the United States and Israel in the future to improve the coordination, interoperability, and integration of their missile defense capabilities. (D) A description of joint efforts of the United States and Israel to develop ballistic missile defense technologies. (E) A description of joint missile defense e x ercises and training that have been conducted by the United States and Israel, and the lessons learned from those exercises. ( F ) A description of the joint missile defense testing activities of the United States and Israel, past and planned, and the benefits of such joint testing activities. ( G ) A description of how the United States and Israel share threat assessments regarding the ballistic missile threat. ( H ) Any other matters that the Secretary considers appropriate. SEC. 22 8 . LIMITATION ON A V AILA B ILIT Y OFF U NDS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF MISSILE DEFENSE INTERCEPTORS IN ALAS K A. None of the funds authori z ed to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to deploy more than 4 0 Ground- Based Interceptors at Fort Greely, Alaska, until the Secretary of Defense, after receiving the views of the Director of O perational Test and Evaluation, submits to Congress a certification that the Block 200 6 Ground-based Midcourse Defense element of the Bal- listic Missile Defense System has demonstrated, through operation- ally realistic end-to-end flight testing, that it has a high probability of working in an operationally effective manner. Certif i ca ti on.
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