(A) Enter into an arrangement with the 
National Academy of Sciences to review the en-
vironmental data and information systems of 
the Administration and to provide recommenda-
tions to address any inadequacies identified by 
the review. The review shall assess the ade-
quacy of the environmental data and informa-
tion systems of the Administration to— 
(i) provide adequate capacity to man-
age, archive and disseminate environmental 
information collected and processed, or ex-
pected to be collected and processed, by 
the Administration, including data gath-
ered by other agencies that is processed or 
stored by the Administration; 
(ii) establish, develop, and maintain 
information bases, including necessary 
management systems, which will provide 
for consistent, efficient, and compatible 
transfer and use of data; 
(iii) develop effective interfaces among 
the environmental data and information 
systems of the Administration and other 
appropriate departments and agencies; 
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(iv) develop and use nationally accept-
ed formats and standards for data col-
lected by various national and international 
sources; 
(v) integrate and interpret data from 
different sources to produce information 
that can be used by decisionmakers in de-
veloping policies that effectively respond to 
national and global environmental con-
cerns; and 
(vi) reanalyze and reprocess the 
archived data as better science is developed 
to integrate diverse data sources. 
(B) Develop a strategic plan, with respect 
to the environmental data and information sys-
tems of the Administration, to— 
(i) respond to each of the rec-
ommendations in the review conducted 
under subparagraph (A); 
(ii) set forth modernization and im-
provement objectives for an integrated na-
tional environmental data access and ar-
chive system for the 10-year period begin-
ning with the year in which the plan is 
transmitted, including facility requirements 
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and critical new technology components 
that would be necessary to meet the objec-
tives set forth; 
(iii) propose specific Administration 
programs and activities for implementing 
the plan; 
(iv) identify the data and information 
management, reanalysis, reprocessing, ar-
chival, and distribution responsibilities of 
the Administration with respect to other 
Federal departments and agencies and 
international organizations; and 
(v) provide an implementation sched-
ule and estimate funding levels necessary 
to achieve modernization and improvement 
objectives. 
(2) TRANSMITTAL
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and the Committee on Science of the 
House of Representatives the initial review and stra-
tegic plan developed under paragraph (1). Subse-
quent reviews and strategic plans developed under 
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paragraph (1) shall also be transmitted to those 
committees upon completion. 
(b) STRATEGIC PLAN FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
(1) CONTENTS.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and once every 5 
years thereafter, the Administrator shall develop a 
strategic plan for research and development at the 
Administration. The plan shall include— 
(A) an assessment of the science and tech-
nology needs of the Administration based on 
the Administration’s operational requirements 
and on input provided by external stakeholders 
at the national, regional, State, and local levels; 
and 
(B) a strategic plan that assigns specific 
programs within the administration the respon-
sibility to meet each need identified under sub-
paragraph (A) and that describes the extent to 
which each need identified in subparagraph (A) 
will be addressed through— 
(i) intramural research; 
(ii) extramural, peer-reviewed, com-
petitive grant programs; and 
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(iii) work done in cooperation with 
other Federal agencies. 
(2) NATIONAL
ACADEMY
OF
SCIENCES
RE-
VIEW.—The Administrator shall enter into an ar-
rangement with the National Academy of Sciences 
for a review of the plan developed under paragraph 
(1). 
(3) TRANSMITTAL
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and the Committee on Science of the 
House of Representatives the initial strategic plan 
developed under paragraph (1) and the review pre-
pared pursuant to paragraph (2). Subsequent stra-
tegic plans developed under paragraph (1) shall also 
be transmitted to those committees upon completion. 
SEC. 10. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
Not less than once every 5 years, the Secretary shall 
develop and submit to Congress a policy that defines proc-
esses for making decisions about the roles of the Adminis-
tration, the private sector, and the academic community 
in providing environmental information, products, tech-
nologies, and services. The first such submission shall be 
completed not less than 3 years after the date of enact-
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