Sec. 3. Space weather benchmarks
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In this section, the term space weather disturbance includes geo-electric fields, ionizing radiation, ionospheric disturbances, solar radio bursts, and upper atmosphere expansion. The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall offer to enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to review the report of the National Science and Technology Council entitled Space Weather Phase 1 Benchmarks and dated June 2018. The space weather interagency working group established under section 60701(c) of title 51, United States Code, shall periodically review and update the benchmarks described in the report referred to in paragraph (1), as necessary, based on— the results of the review that paragraph; any significant new data or advances in scientific understanding that become available; or the evolving needs of entities impacted by space weather disturbances.