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S. 554119th CongressInternational Affairs
United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
Sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) · 32 active : 20 Republicans, 12 Democrats
Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Where it standsBefore the Senate4 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
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- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govUnited States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
This bill requires or authorizes certain actions to increase defense-related cooperation between the United States and Israel.
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to
establish a cooperative program, with the concurrence of Israel's Ministry of Defense (MOD), to develop and deploy advanced technologies for countering unmanned systems that threaten the United States and Israel;
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establish in Israel an office of the Defense Innovation Unit (an organization that focuses on rapidly fielding and scaling commercial technology across the U.S. military); and
seek to engage Israel's MOD on the ascension of Israel into the national technology and industrial base (currently defined in law as the persons and organizations engaged in research, development, production, integration, services, or information technology activities conducted within the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada).
The bill authorizes DOD, upon request of Israel's MOD, to jointly conduct research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics to meet defense challenges.
Additionally, the bill extends the authority for DOD to (1) carry out RDT&E on a joint basis with Israel to establish anti-tunnel and counter unmanned aerial systems capabilities through 2028, and (2) transfer defense articles intended for use as reserve stocks for Israel through January 1, 2029.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · SenateReferred to
Subjects
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Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 4Swing 70–100
- 52Middle 30–70
- 44Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
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Cosponsors
32 activeShow all 32 cosponsors
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- David McCormick (R-PA)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
