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Union Calendar No. 619 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2261 

[Report No. 114–796] 

To facilitate the continued development of the commercial remote sensing 

industry and protect national security. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2015 

Mr. BRIDENSTINE (for himself, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. 

POSEY, and Mr. BABIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 12, 2015] 


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A BILL 

To facilitate the continued development of the commercial 

remote sensing industry and protect national security. 


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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 ‘‘Commercial Remote 

5 Sensing Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 601 of 

8 title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

9 end the following: 

10 ‘‘§ 60126. Annual reporting 

11 ‘‘The Secretary shall provide a report to the Committee 

12 on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep13 resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

14 Transportation of the Senate not later than 180 days after 

15 the date of enactment of the Commercial Remote Sensing 

16 Act of 2015 and annually thereafter on— 

17 ‘‘(1) the Secretary’s implementation of section 

18 60121, including— 

19 ‘‘(A) a list of all applications received in 

20 the previous calendar year; 

21 ‘‘(B) a list of all applications approved; 

22 ‘‘(C) a list of all applications denied; 

23 ‘‘(D) a list of all applications that required 

24 additional information; and 


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1 ‘‘(E) a list of all applications whose dis2 position exceeded the 120 day deadline estab3 lished in section 60121(c), the total days overdue 

4 for applications that exceeded such deadline, and 

5 an explanation for the delay; 

6 ‘‘(2) all notifications and information provided 

7 to the Secretary pursuant to section 60122; and 

8 ‘‘(3) all actions taken by the Secretary under the 

9 administrative authority granted by section 

10 60123(a)(4), (5), and (6).’’. 

11 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

12 the beginning of chapter 601 of such title is amended by 

13 inserting after the item relating to section 60125 the fol14 lowing new item: 

‘‘60126. Annual reporting.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. STATUTORY UPDATE REPORT. 

16 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

17 this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with other appro18 priate Federal agencies and the National Oceanic and At19 mospheric Administration’s Advisory Committee on Com20 mercial Remote Sensing, shall report to the Committee on 

21 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representa22 tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans23 portation of the Senate on statutory updates necessary to 

24 protect national security, protect privacy (which is not to 

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1 ing), protect the United States industrial base, and reflect 

2 the current state of the art of remote sensing systems, in3 struments, or technologies. 


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Union Calendar No. 619 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2261 

[Report No. 114–796] 

A BILL 

To facilitate the continued development of the comtional security. mercial remote sensing industry and protect naSEPTEMBER 28, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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