Pentagon picks one official for U.S.-Israel defense technology sharing.
H.R. 10796 — United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Act · Filed by Don Bacon (R-NE) · Introduced Oct 13, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Secretary of Defense to pick one person. This person will run U.S.-Israel defense technology work. They will find Israeli defense tools the U.S. military could use. They will help set up joint projects and shared manufacturing between U.S. and Israeli companies. The person will work across the Defense Department and other federal agencies.
Who it affects
U.S. defense companies and Israeli defense companies work together on joint projects. The U.S. military and Israeli military may gain access to each other's defense tools. The public gets limited details about what technologies are shared.
One thing to notice
The bill says sensitive technology must be protected. It does not say how to check if it is protected or what happens if it leaks.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Oct 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 13, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs and House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Secretary of Defense — The top official in charge of the U.S. military and Defense Department.
- joint projects — Work that two countries or companies do together on the same goal.
- sensitive technology — Military or defense tools that could harm national security if shared with the wrong people.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,717 characters) on Oct 16, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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