order, the Subcommittee shall provide a report on the findings of these
assessments with recommendations to the Director of OSTP, the Assistant to the
President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and the Director of OMB.
The assessments may be used to inform the development and implementation of
policy establishing authorities and responsibilities for agencies in response to a
space weather event.

(d) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretaries of Defense and
Commerce, the Administrator of NASA, and the Director of NSF, in collaboration
with other agencies as appropriate, shall identify mechanisms for advancing
space weather observations, models, and predictions, and for sustaining and
transitioning appropriate capabilities from research to operations and operations
to research, collaborating with industry and academia to the extent possible.

(e) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Secretaries of Defense and
Commerce shall make historical data from the GPS constellation and other U.S.
Government satellites publicly available, in accordance with Executive Order
13642 of May 9, 2013 (Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for
Government Information), to enhance model validation and improvements in
space weather forecasting and situational awareness.

(f) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and in
coordination with relevant agencies, shall lead the development of a coordinated
Federal operating concept and associated checklist to coordinate Federal assets
and activities to respond to notification of, and protect against, impending space
weather events. Within 180 days of the publication of the operating concept and
checklist, agencies shall develop operational plans documenting their
procedures and responsibilities to prepare for, protect against, and mitigate the
effects of impending space weather events, in support of the Federal operating
concept and compatible with the National Preparedness System described in
PPD-8.

Sec. 6. Stakeholder Engagement. The agencies identified in this order shall seek
public-private and international collaborations to enhance observation networks,
conduct research, develop prediction models and mitigation approaches, enhance
community resilience and preparedness, and supply the services necessary to protect
life and property and promote economic prosperity, as consistent with law.