National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · Pub. L. 119-60 · sec. 1657(a)
Iron Dome Short-Range Rocket Defense System
- Deadline
- Runs from an event
- Recurrence
- Not stated
- Duty holder
- Secretary of Defense
- Recipients
- Senate Foreign Relations; House Foreign Affairs (term defined in div. A, sec. 1657)
- Enacted
- Dec. 18, 2025
- Location
- Division A, Title XVI, Subtitle D
Statutory Text
(a) Iron Dome Short-range Rocket Defense System.—
(1) Availability of funds.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2026 for procurement, Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense Agency, not more than $60,000,000 may be provided to the Government of Israel to procure components for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system through co-production of such components in the United States by industry of the United States.
(2) Conditions.—
(A) Agreement.—Funds described in paragraph (1) for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program shall be available subject to the terms and conditions in the Agreement Between the Department of Defense of the United States of America and the Ministry of Defense of the State of Israel Concerning Iron Dome Defense System Procurement, signed on March 5, 2014, as amended to include co-production for Tamir interceptors.
(B) Certification.—Not later than 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds described in paragraph (1), the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees—
(i) a certification that the amended bilateral international agreement specified in subparagraph (A) is being implemented as provided in such agreement;
(ii) an assessment detailing any risks relating to the implementation of such agreement; and
(iii) for system improvements resulting in modified Iron Dome components and Tamir interceptor sub-components, a certification that the Government of Israel has demonstrated successful completion of Production Readiness Reviews, including the validation of production lines, the verification of component conformance, and the verification of performance to
specification as defined in the Iron Dome Defense System Procurement Agreement, as further amended.
Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 119-60 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026
How the Date Is Worked Out
- Enacted Dec. 18, 2025 (Pub. L. 119-60).
- Deadline runs from an event, not a calendar date: 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds described in paragraph (1).
- No date can be set until the triggering event is publicly documented.
Delivery Status
Not publicly verifiable
Public Evidence
- No public document located that shows delivery.
Evidence Searched
- GovInfo Congressionally Mandated Reports collection: 1,209 packages listed; titles searched for Middle East terms; 55 State, Defense, Treasury and executive-office summaries checked for citations to Pub. L. 119-60 (0 found) (Oct. 17, 2026)
- MEF hand review: evidence.json, items with a link and a note on what the document shows (Oct. 17, 2026)
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Cite the provision National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Pub. L. No. 119-60, div. A, § 1657(a), 139 Stat. 718 (2025).
Cite this page Middle East Forum, “Iron Dome Short-Range Rocket Defense System,” Owed to Congress, Nov. 11, 2026, https://bills.meforum.org/owed/m/pl119-60-da-s1657-a.html.