INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION AND RESEARCH Project Alliance: Conceived of and authored legislation to establish Project Alliance, a program designed to encourage international industrial cooperation, establish a DoD industrial fellowship program and establish a public-private advisory group for the promotion of defense industrial cooperation between NATO and Major Non-NATO Allies. Endowment for Defense Industrial Cooperation (EDIC): Conceived of and authored legislation for a program to promote industrial cooperation between the U.S. and Israel on the BIRD model. EDIC received a $10 million earmark in the FY 1993 House National Defense Authorization bill. Allied Cooperation Enhancement Studies: Conceived of and authored language in the FY 1991 and FY 1992 Department of Defense Appropriation Acts directing DoD to prepare five Allied Cooperation Enhancement Studies on areas of possible joint U.S.-Israel cooperation in emerging land, air, space, counter-narcotics, counter-terrorist and environmental technologies. The studies were designed to become the basis for similar initiatives with other NATO and Major Non-NATO Allies. FY 1993 Cooperative Research Initiatives: Authored Senate report language accompanying the FY 1993 Senate Foreign Operations Appropriation Act earmarking not less than $5 million for the Cooperative Development Program (CDP) and $2.5 million for the Cooperative Development Research (CDR) program between Israel, the U.S. and the developing world, with particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa and the countries of Ethiopia and Eritrea. An earmark of $2.5 million also recommended for cooperative projects between the U.S., Israel and the countries of Eastern Europe, the Baltic States and the former Soviet republics. FY 1989, FY 1990 Cooperative Development Research (CDR) Program: Conceived of and authored language in the Senate report accompanying the FY 1990 Foreign Operations Appropriation Act reestablishing and funding the USAID CDR program after efforts were made by USAID to terminate this congressionally mandated program without prior committee notification. Successfully recommended the establishment and funding of the Cooperative Development Program (CDP) and later assisted in the adoption of these initiatives as part of the assistance strategy for the new states of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Also, conceived of and authored language in the conference report on the FY 1989 Foreign Operations Appropriation Act that described the results of a year-long investigation that exposed an effort by USAID to unilaterally terminate the CDR program without congressional notification. USAID Office of the Science Advisor: Authored Senate report language to accompany the FY 1989 Foreign Operations Appropriation Act directing that one additional full-time position be allocated to the USAID Office of the Science Advisor drawn from a research fellowship program run in cooperation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Additional language called for the strengthening of the Program in Science and Technology Cooperation (PSTC) and its work in promoting cutting edge applied research with developing countries. Middle East Regional Cooperation (MERC): Authored Senate report language to accompany the FY 1993 Foreign Operations Appropriation Act earmarking $7 million for the MERC program and highlighting the valuable contribution it continues to make to collaborative scientific research between the U.S., Egypt, Israel and other partners in the region. Extensive involvement with the advancement of specific MERC projects, 1989-1993.