51 U.S.C. § 60607 — Pilot program for obtaining commercial sector space weather data

submitted 6 years ago by Pub. L. 116-181 to r/title-51-NATIONAL-AND-COMMERCIAL-SPACE-PROGRAMS · 446 words · no verdicts yet

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NOAA may run a pilot program buying space weather data from private companies. NOAA sets data standards first, then can offer contracts through open competition. Within four years, NOAA must report to Congress on whether the commercial data actually helped forecasts.

(a) Establishment. No later than 12 months after the PROSWIFT Act became law, NOAA's Administrator may set up a pilot program. Under it, the Administrator offers to contract with one or more commercial space weather companies to provide space weather data that meets the standards and specifications published under subsection (b). (b) Data Standard and Specifications. No later than 18 months after enactment, NOAA's Administrator, consulting the Secretary of Defense, may publish standards and specifications for commercial space weather data and metadata — covering ground-based, ocean-based, air-based, and space-based data. (c) Contracts. (1) Within 12 months after the review of the integrated strategy is sent to Congress under section 60602(c)(3), and taking that review into account, NOAA's Administrator may, through open competition, offer at least one contract to one or more commercial space weather companies. To qualify, the data those companies provide must (A) meet the standards and specifications set under subsection (b), and (B) be delivered in a way that lets NOAA calibrate and evaluate it for use in NOAA's or the Department of Defense's — or both agencies' — space weather research and forecasting models. (2) If one or more contracts are signed, then no later than 4 years after the PROSWIFT Act became law, NOAA's Administrator must assess the pilot program and report to the House Committees on Science, Space, and Technology and on Armed Services, and the Senate Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and on Armed Services. The report covers how well the pilot showed that the contracted data meets the subsection (b) standards, and how well it showed: (A) whether commercial data can realistically be built into NOAA's space weather models; (B) whether, and by how much, that data adds value to NOAA's and the Department of Defense's forecasts; and (C) the accuracy, quality, timeliness, validity, reliability, usability, information technology security, and cost-effectiveness of buying commercial space weather data.

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(a)Establishment.—

Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the PROSWIFT Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may establish a pilot program under which the Administrator will offer to enter into contracts with one or more entities in the commercial space weather sector for the provision to the Administrator of space weather data generated by such an entity that meets the standards and specifications published under subsection (b).

(b)Data Standard and Specifications.—

Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the PROSWIFT Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, may publish standards and specifications for ground-based, ocean-based, air-based, and space-based commercial space weather data and metadata.

(c)Contracts.—

(1)In general.—

Within 12 months after the date of transmission of the review of the integrated strategy to Congress under section 60602(c)(3) and taking into account the results of the review, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may offer to enter, through an open competition, into at least one contract with one or more commercial space weather sector entities capable of providing space weather data that—

(A)

meets the standards and specifications established for providing such data under subsection (b); and

(B)

is provided in a manner that allows the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to calibrate and evaluate the data for use in space weather research and forecasting models of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Defense, or both.

(2)Assessment.—

If one or more contract is entered into under paragraph (1), not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the PROSWIFT Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall assess, and submit to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology and Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Armed Services of the Senate, a report on the extent to which the pilot program has demonstrated data provided under contracts described in paragraph (1) meet the standards and specifications established under subsection (b) and the extent to which the pilot program has demonstrated—

(A)

the viability of assimilating the commercially provided data into National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration space weather research and forecasting models;

(B)

whether, and by how much, the data so provided add value to space weather forecasts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Defense; and

(C)

the accuracy, quality, timeliness, validity, reliability, usability, information technology security, and cost-effectiveness of obtaining commercial space weather data from commercial sector providers.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 116–181, § 2(b), Oct. 21, 2020, 134 Stat. 891.)

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2020Enacted · Pub. L. 116-181 · 134 Stat. 891

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