PUBLIC LAW 102-567—OCT. 29,1992 106 STAT. 4273

hurricanes and severe storms, including but not limited to the
procurement of gap filler satellites, launch vehicles, and payments
to foreign governments.

(c) STRATEGIC PLAN.—(1) The Secretary of Commerce and the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion shall jointly develop and, not more than 120 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Commit-
tee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives a strategic plan for development, procurement, and operation
of the environmental satellite program of the Department of Com-
merce.

(2) The objectives of the strategic plan shall be—

(A) to ensure continuous and adequate operational environ-
mental satellite coverage; and

(B) to require direct Federal fiscal and administrative
accountability in all aspects of such environmental satellite
program.

(3) The strategic plan shall—

(A) delineate the management duties and functions of each
Federal department or agency involved in such satellite pro-
gram;

(B) establish funding responsibilities for each Federal
department or agency in a manner which reflects their respec-
tive management duties and functions;

(C) set forth procedures to be followed in the development,
procurement, and operations of environmental satellites in such
program;

(D) minimize the potential for developmental and procure-
ment problems, and for cost overruns;

(£) provide for effective interagency and international
coordination;

(F) provide for research and development activities to
ensure that the procurement of operational environmental sat-
ellites relies on proven technologies, and to investigate potential
improvements in data applications and operations for such
satellites in order to improve the national weather warning
and forecast system; and

(G) specify legislative and administrative actions necessary
to implement the plan and to accomplish the objectives
described in paragraph (2).

(d) GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE COMPLETE PROGRAM AUTHORIZA-
TION.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), there are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for all fiscal
years beginning with fiscal year 1993, not to exceed $1,005,255,000,
to remain available until expended, to complete the procurement
of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites I, J, K, L,
and M, and the procurement of the launching and supporting
ground systems of such satellites.

(2) None of the funds are authorized to be appropriated for
any fiscal year under paragraph (1), unless, within 60 days after
the submission of the President's budget request for such fiscal
year, the Secretary of Commerce—

(A) certifies to the Congress that—

(i) the results of testing indicate that the satellite
instruments are likely to meet the technical performance