; 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) and the item relating to that section in the table of contents under section 1(b) of that Act (124 Stat. 2806) are repealed.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 benchmarks (a) Definition of space weather disturbance In this section, the term space weather disturbance includes geo-electric fields, ionizing radiation, ionospheric disturbances, solar radio bursts, and upper atmosphere expansion. (b) Benchmarks (1) Review 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. (2) Updates 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— (A) the results of the review that paragraph; (B) any significant new data or advances in scientific understanding that become available