; and (B) an identification of any technology, software, and cybersecurity developments anticipated to become available in the next 2–5 years that could facilitate the capability, accelerate the development, and enable implementation of a Mars communication infrastructure; and (2) options for acquisition approaches for a Mars communications infrastructure, including partnerships with international or commercial partners. (e) Transmittal The Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate the assessment and plan in subsections (b) and (c) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 332. Mars sample return strategy and plan (a) Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that the 2011 National Academies decadal survey, Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022 states that The Mars community … was emphatic in their view that a sample return mission is the next step in Mars exploration. Mars science has reached a level of sophistication such that fundamental advances in addressing the important questions … will come only from analysis of returned samples. . It is the further sense of Congress that the decadal survey recommended a Mars sample return mission as the highest priority large mission, and that in addition to advancing high priority science, Mars samples returned to Earth would contribute science and information that is valuable for planning a human mission to Mars. (b) Strategy The Administrator shall develop a strategy, including options, for returning samples that are planned to be cached by the Mars 2020 rover to Earth for terrestrial laboratory study. The strategy shall identify— (1) technologies required to carry out a sample return mission, including requirements for sample containment and handling in space and upon return to Earth