; and (2) support model development and model applications to space weather forecasting. (b) Research The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall make space weather related data obtained from operational forecasting available for scientific research. . (b) Technical and conforming amendments (1) Repeal of section 809 Section 809 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 ( 42 U.S.C. 18388 ) and the item relating to that section in the table of contents under section 1(b) of that Act (124 Stat. 2806) are repealed. (2) Table of chapters The table of chapters of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to chapter 605 the following: 607. Space weather 60701 . 3. Space weather metrics (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Space weather disturbance The term space weather disturbance includes geo-electric fields, ionizing radiation, ionospheric disturbances, solar radio bursts, and upper atmospheric expansion. (2) Space weather benchmark The term space weather benchmark means the physical characteristics and conditions describing the nature, frequency, and intensity of space weather disturbances. (b) Benchmarks (1) Preliminary Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Space Weather Interagency Working Group, established under section 60701 of title 51, United States Code, in consultation with academic and commercial experts, shall— (A) assess existing data, the historical record, models, and peer-reviewed studies on space weather