CLEMENTINE SATELLITE PROGRAM.

SEC. 241. CLEMENTINE SATELLITE PROGRAM. (a) Finding.—The Congress finds that the program of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization that is known as the “Clementine” program, consisting of a satellite space project that will, among other matters, provide valuable information about asteroids in the vicinity of Earth, represents an important opportunity for transfer of Department of Defense technology for civilian purposes and should be supported. (b) Congressional Views.—The Congress urges the Secretary of Defense— (1) to identify an appropriate management structure within either the Advanced Research Projects Agency or one of the military departments to which the Clementine program and related programs of general applicability to civilian, commercial, and military space programs might be transferred; and (2) to consider funding for the Clementine program to be a priority within whatever agency or department is identified as described in paragraph (1) and to provide funds for that program at an appropriate level.