1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States-Israel Military Capability Act of 2020 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The United States confronts an intense military technology competition with the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation that may determine whether the United States can effectively deter and defeat adversaries in the future. (2) On July 11, 2019, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley said, China is improving their military very, very rapidly in space, air, cyber, maritime, land domains, et cetera. . Noting the rapid technology development by the People's Republic of China, General Milley warned that the United States must ensure that we do not lose our advantages that we have relative to other countries, specifically relative to China. . (3) The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation have already developed or fielded some capabilities in areas such as hypersonics and artificial intelligence that are superior to those of the United States. (4) A closer and more systematic early cooperative research and development effort with select allies may help the United States more quickly and inexpensively restore and sustain military supremacy in critical military capabilities. (5) The innovative and agile defense technology sector of Israel and the status of Israel as one of the closest and most reliable allies of the United States make Israel an ideal candidate for a more systematic and institutionalized partnership with the United States focused on early cooperative research and development. (6) The defense innovation sector of Israel is a global leader in many of the technologies important to Department of Defense modernization efforts. (7) Despite many laudable ongoing defense partnership efforts between the United States and Israel, dangerous United States military capability gaps continue to emerge that a more systematic and institutionalized United States-Israel early cooperative research and development program