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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 625

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

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—

9 (1) by amending section 2(9) to read as follows:

10 ‘‘(9) Because Landsat data are particularly im11 portant for global environmental change research,

12 the program should be managed by an integrated
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1 team consisting of the National Aeronautics and

2 Space Administration and the Department of Com3 merce.’’;

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

5 103(b), and 504, by striking ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’

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

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

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

9 the Department of Commerce, as well as the Depart10 ment of Interior, or’’;

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

12 addition of a tracking and data relay satellite com13 munications capability’’;

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

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

16 thereof ‘‘for the development and operational life of

17 Landsat 7 that is mutually acceptable to the agen18 cies constituting the Landsat Program Manage19 ment;’’;

20 (6) in section 101(b), by inserting after para21 graph (4) the following:

22 ‘‘The Director of the Office of Science and Technology

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

24 Landsat Amendments Act of 1995, transmit the manage25 ment plan to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
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1 nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee

2 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the

3 Senate.’’;

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

5 and 502(c)(7), by striking ‘‘section 506’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘section 507’’;

7 (8) in section 102(b)(1), by striking ‘‘by the ex8 pected end of the design life of Landsat 6’’ and in9 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘by the predicted end of life

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

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

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

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

14 following:

15 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENT.—If negotia16 tions under subsection (a) result in an agreement that the

17 Landsat Program Management determines generally

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

19 subsection (a), the Landsat Program Management shall

20 award an extension, until the practical demise of Landsat

21 4 or Landsat 5, whichever occurs later, of the existing con22 tract with the Landsat 6 contractor incorporating the

23 terms of such agreement.’’;

24 (11) by striking section 104 and redesignating

25 section 105 as section 104;
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1 (12) in section 201(c), by amending the second

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

3 determines that the license requested by the appli4 cant should not be issued, the Secretary shall inform

5 the applicant within such 120-day period of the rea6 sons for such determination and the specific actions

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

8 (13) in section 202(b)(6), by inserting ‘‘signifi9 cant or substantial’’ before ‘‘agreement’’;

10 (14) in section 204, by striking ‘‘may’’ and in11 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘shall’’;

12 (15) by inserting at the end of title II the fol13 lowing new section:

14 ‘‘SEC. 206. NOTIFICATION.

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

16 after any determination by the Secretary to require a li17 censee to limit collection or distribution of data from a

18 system licensed pursuant to this title, the Secretary shall

19 report to the Congress the reasons for such determination,

20 the limitations imposed on the licensee, and the period

21 during which such limitations apply.

22 ‘‘(b) TERMINATION, MODIFICATION, OR SUSPEN23 SION.—Within 30 days after any action by the Secretary

24 to seek an order of injunction or other judicial determina25 tion pursuant to section 203(a)(2), the Secretary shall no-
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1 tify the Congress of such action and provide the reasons

2 for such action.’’;

3 (16) in section 302—

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

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

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

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

8 the following:

9 ‘‘(a) RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY OF DE10 FENSE.—The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary

11 of Defense on all matters under this Act affecting national

12 security. The Secretary of Defense shall be responsible for

13 determining those conditions, consistent with this Act,

14 necessary to meet national security concerns of the United

15 States and for notifying the Secretary promptly of such

16 conditions. Within 60 days after receiving a request from

17 the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense shall recommend

18 any conditions for a license issued under title II, consist19 ent with this Act, that the Secretary of Defense deter20 mines are needed to protect the national security of the

21 United States. If no such recommendations have been re22 ceived by the Secretary within such 60-day period, the

23 Secretary may deem activities proposed in the license ap24 plication to be consistent with the protection of the na25 tional security of the United States.
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1 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE.—

2 ‘‘(1) The Secretary shall consult with the Sec3 retary of State on all matters under this Act affect4 ing international obligations of the United States.

5 The Secretary of State shall be responsible for deter6 mining those conditions, consistent with this Act,

7 necessary to meet international obligations and poli8 cies of the United States and for notifying the Sec9 retary promptly of such conditions. Within 60 days

10 after receiving a request from the Secretary, the

11 Secretary of State shall recommend any conditions

12 for a license issued under title II, consistent with

13 this Act, that the Secretary of State determines are

14 needed to meet existing international obligations of

15 the United States. If no such recommendations have

16 been received by the Secretary within such 60-day

17 period, the Secretary may deem activities proposed

18 in the license application to be consistent with exist19 ing international obligations of the United States.’’.

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