1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Agreement to establish the United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD) Fund, signed on October 25, 1977, between the United States Government and the Government of Israel to promote and support agricultural research and development activities which are of mutual benefits to the United States and Israel . (2) Since its founding, the BARD Fund has cultivated strategic partnerships between United States and Israeli scientists and has been a benchmark for the establishment of cooperative agreements. (3) BARD Fund-sponsored research projects have contributed billions of dollars to both United States and Israeli economies, as determined by independent economic surveys. As the major platform for United States-Israel agricultural research collaboration, the BARD Fund has funded more than 1,300 bi-national projects, awarded over $300 million for research and development, and supported other programs such as more than 250 postdoctoral fellows and 50 scientific workshops. (4) BARD Fund-sponsored research projects have led to innovative developments, new technologies, and renewed focus in drip irrigation, pesticides, fish farming, livestock, poultry, disease control, and farm equipment. (5) The BARD Fund has been successful in research collaboration between United States and Israel without fraud, waste, or abuse for 40 years. (6) The Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the U.S. Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund To Promote Scientific Collaboration among U.S. and Israeli Scientists and Engineers, signed on November 22, 2013, promotes collaboration between the United States and Israel. The 2013 Memorandum of Understanding was intended to provide a framework whereby Israeli scientists and engineers could receive funding from the BARD Fund and United States