; and (2) prioritize the reception of LASCO data. (d) Additional capability for solar imaging (1) In general The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall secure reliable secondary capability for near real-time coronal mass ejection imagery. (2) Options The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, shall develop options, including commercial solutions, to build and deploy one or more instruments for near real-time coronal mass ejection imagery. (3) Considerations In developing options under paragraph (2), the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall consider commercial solutions, prize authority, academic and international partnerships, small satellites and microsatellites, ground-based instruments, and opportunities to deploy the instrument or instruments as a secondary payload on an upcoming planned launch. (4) Costs In implementing paragraph (1), the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall consider a cost-effective and reliable solution. (5) Operational planning The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall develop an operational contingency plan to provide continuous space weather forecasting in the event of a SOHO/LASCO failure. (6) Briefing Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of the Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act , the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall provide a briefing to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives on the options for building and deploying the instrument or instruments described in paragraph (2) and the operational contingency plan developed under paragraph (5). (e) Follow-On space-Based observations (1) Plan The Administrator of the