Calendar No. 106

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 625

[Report No. 104–81]

A BILL

To amend the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of

1992.

MAY 15, 1995

Reported without amendment
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Calendar No. 106

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 625

[Report No. 104–81]

To amend the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 27, 1995

Mr. PRESSLER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

MAY 15, 1995

Reported by Mr. PRESSLER, without amendment

A BILL

To amend the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Landsat Amendments

5 Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF ACT.

7 The Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (15

8 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) is amended—
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1 (1) by amending section 2(9) to read as follows:

2 ‘‘(9) Because Landsat data are particularly im3 portant for global environmental change research,

4 the program should be managed by an integrated

5 team consisting of the National Aeronautics and

6 Space Administration and the Department of Com7 merce.’’;

8 (2) in sections 3(6)(A), 101 (a) and (b),

9 103(b), and 504, by striking ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’

10 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary’’;

11 (3) in section 3(6)(B), by striking ‘‘Department

12 of Defense and’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and

13 the Department of Commerce, as well as the Depart14 ment of Interior, or’’;

15 (4) in section 101(b)(1), by striking ‘‘, with the

16 addition of a tracking and data relay satellite com17 munications capability’’;

18 (5) in section 101(b)(2), by striking all after

19 ‘‘baseline funding profile’’ and inserting in lieu

20 thereof ‘‘for the development and operational life of

21 Landsat 7 that is mutually acceptable to the agen22 cies constituting the Landsat Program Manage23 ment;’’;

24 (6) in section 101(b), by inserting after para25 graph (4) the following:
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1 ‘‘The Director of the Office of Science and Technology

2 Policy shall, no later than 60 days after enactment of the

3 Landsat Amendments Act of 1995, transmit the manage4 ment plan to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech5 nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee

6 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the

7 Senate.’’;

8 (7) in sections 101(c)(3), 202(b)(1), 501(a),

9 and 502(c)(7), by striking ‘‘section 506’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘section 507’’;

11 (8) in section 102(b)(1), by striking ‘‘by the ex12 pected end of the design life of Landsat 6’’ and in13 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘by the predicted end of life

14 of Landsat 5, or as soon as practicable thereafter’’;

15 (9) in section 103(a), by striking ‘‘section 105’’

16 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 104’’;

17 (10) by adding at the end of section 103 the

18 following:

19 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENT.—If negotia20 tions under subsection (a) result in an agreement that the

21 Landsat Program Management determines generally

22 achieves the goal stated in paragraphs (1) through (8) of

23 subsection (a), the Landsat Program Management shall

24 award an extension, until the practical demise of Landsat

25 4 or Landsat 5, whichever occurs later, of the existing con-
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1 tract with the Landsat 6 contractor incorporating the

2 terms of such agreement.’’;

3 (11) by striking section 104 and redesignating

4 section 105 as section 104;

5 (12) in section 201(c), by amending the second

6 sentence thereof to read as follows: ‘‘If the Secretary

7 determines that the license requested by the appli8 cant should not be issued, the Secretary shall inform

9 the applicant within such 120-day period of the rea10 sons for such determination and the specific actions

11 required of the applicant to obtain a license.’’;

12 (13) in section 202(b)(6), by inserting ‘‘signifi13 cant or substantial’’ before ‘‘agreement’’;

14 (14) in section 204, by striking ‘‘may’’ and in15 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘shall’’;

16 (15) by inserting at the end of title II the fol17 lowing new section:

18 ‘‘SEC. 206. NOTIFICATION.

19 ‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS ON LICENSEE.—Within 30 days

20 after any determination by the Secretary to require a li21 censee to limit collection or distribution of data from a

22 system licensed pursuant to this title, the Secretary shall

23 report to the Congress the reasons for such determination,

24 the limitations imposed on the licensee, and the period

25 during which such limitations apply.
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1 ‘‘(b) TERMINATION, MODIFICATION, OR SUSPEN2 SION.—Within 30 days after any action by the Secretary

3 to seek an order of injunction or other judicial determina4 tion pursuant to section 203(a)(2), the Secretary shall no5 tify the Congress of such action and provide the reasons

6 for such action.’’;

7 (16) in section 302—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—’’;

9 (B) by striking subsection (b); and

10 (17) in section 507, by striking subsection (a)

11 and subsection (b)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof

12 the following:

13 ‘‘(a) RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY OF DE14 FENSE.—The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary

15 of Defense on all matters under this Act affecting national

16 security. The Secretary of Defense shall be responsible for

17 determining those conditions, consistent with this Act,

18 necessary to meet national security concerns of the United

19 States and for notifying the Secretary promptly of such

20 conditions. Within 60 days after receiving a request from

21 the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense shall recommend

22 any conditions for a license issued under title II, consist23 ent with this Act, that the Secretary of Defense deter24 mines are needed to protect the national security of the

25 United States. If no such recommendations have been re-
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1 ceived by the Secretary within such 60-day period, the

2 Secretary may deem activities proposed in the license ap3 plication to be consistent with the protection of the na4 tional security of the United States.

5 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE.—

6 ‘‘(1) The Secretary shall consult with the Sec7 retary of State on all matters under this Act affect8 ing international obligations of the United States.

9 The Secretary of State shall be responsible for deter10 mining those conditions, consistent with this Act,

11 necessary to meet international obligations and poli12 cies of the United States and for notifying the Sec13 retary promptly of such conditions. Within 60 days

14 after receiving a request from the Secretary, the

15 Secretary of State shall recommend any conditions

16 for a license issued under title II, consistent with

17 this Act, that the Secretary of State determines are

18 needed to meet existing international obligations of

19 the United States. If no such recommendations have

20 been received by the Secretary within such 60-day

21 period, the Secretary may deem activities proposed

22 in the license application to be consistent with exist23 ing international obligations of the United States.’’.