Pub. L. 117-103, div. X, tit. VIII, subtit. B, sec. 811 (as amended)
PLAN TO ESTABLISH INTEGRATED COMMERCIAL GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE DATA PROGRAM OFFICE.
SEC. 811. PLAN TO ESTABLISH INTEGRATED COMMERCIAL GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE DATA PROGRAM OFFICE.
(a) Plan.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office and the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall jointly develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to establish an integrated commercial geospatial intelligence data program office.
(b) Contents.—The plan under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An explanation of how the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office will elevate the commercial space program office within the organizational structure of the National Reconnaissance Office.
(2) An explanation of how the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office and the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will integrate the commercial space program office within the National Reconnaissance Office to include empowered functional manager personnel to ensure imagery purchases are responsive to functional manager-provided requirements and priorities.
(3) An explanation of—
(A) an approach that will rapidly leverage innovative commercial geospatial intelligence data capabilities to meet new intelligence challenges and inform operational requirements;
(B) how the Directors will annually evaluate new commercially available capabilities and provide opportunities for new entrants; and
(C) how the Directors will synchronize the procurement of commercial geospatial intelligence data and commercial geospatial intelligence analytic services, respectively.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(1) the congressional intelligence committees;
(2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and
(3) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.