SUBMISSION AND REVIEW OF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY.

SEC. 911. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW OF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY.(a) Strategy.—(1) Director of national intelligence.—Paragraph (1) of section 2272(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “The Secretary of Defense shall develop” and 123 STAT. 2429 inserting “The Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly develop”.(2) Requirements.—Paragraph (2) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:“(D) The process for transitioning space science and technology programs to new or existing space acquisition programs.”.(3) Submission to congress.—Paragraph (5) of such section is amended to read as follows:“(5) The Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall biennially submit the strategy developed under paragraph (1) to the congressional defense committees every other year on the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget for the next fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31.”.(4) Initial report.—The first space science and technology strategy required to be submitted under paragraph (5) of section 2272(a) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by paragraph (3) of this subsection, shall be submitted on the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget for fiscal year 2012 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.(b) Government Accountability Office Review of Strategy.—(1) Review.—The Comptroller General shall review and assess the first space science and technology strategy submitted under paragraph (5) of section 2272(a) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(3) of this section, and the effectiveness of the coordination process required under section 2272(b) of such title.(2) Report.—Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence submit the first space science and technology strategy required to be submitted under paragraph (5) of section 2272(a) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(3) of this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the findings and assessment under paragraph (1).