PLAN FOR FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM FOR ENHANCEMENT OF MEASUREMENT AND SIGNATURES INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH INCORPORATION OF RESULTS OF BASIC RESEARCH ON SENSORS.

SEC. 249. PLAN FOR FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM FOR ENHANCEMENT OF MEASUREMENT AND SIGNATURES INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH INCORPORATION OF RESULTS OF BASIC RESEARCH ON SENSORS. (a) Congressional Finding.—Congress finds that the national interest will be served by the rapid exploitation of basic research on sensors for purposes of enhancing the measurement and signatures intelligence (MASINT) capabilities of the United States. (b) Plan for Research Program.—(1) Not later than March 31, 2003, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a plan for a five-year program of research intended to provide for the incorporation of the results of basic research on sensors into the measurement and signatures intelligence systems of the United States, to the extent the results of such research is applicable to such systems. Such program shall include the review and assessment of basic research on sensors for purpose of such incorporation, including both basic research on sensors conducted by the Government and basic research on sensors conducted by non-governmental entities. (2) The plan submitted under paragraph (1) shall provide that the activities to be carried out under the program provided for 116 STAT. 2504in the plan shall be carried out by a consortium consisting of such governmental and non-governmental entities as the Secretary considers appropriate for purposes of incorporating the broadest practicable range of sensor capabilities into the systems referred to in paragraph (1). The consortium may include national laboratories, universities, and private sector entities. (3) The plan shall include a proposal for the funding of activities under the five-year program provided for in the plan, including cost-sharing by non-governmental participants in the consortium under paragraph (2).