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EXCERPT:
Congress finds that—
(1)
it is in the highest national security interests of the United States to develop covered energy sources;
(2)
the State of Israel is a steadfast ally of the United States;
(3)
the special relationship between the United States and Israel is manifested in a variety of cooperative scientific research and development programs, such as—
(A)
the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation; and
(B)
the United States-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation;
(4)
those programs have made possible—
(A)
many scientific, technological, and commercial breakthroughs in the fields of life sciences, medicine, bioengineering, agriculture, biotechnology, communications, and others; and
(B)
significant contributions to the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency through the established programs of the United States-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation and the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation;
