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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4818
To revise the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 22, 1994
Mr. WALKER (for himself, Mr. BROWN of California, and Mr. BAKER of Cali-
fornia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Science, Space, and Technology
A BILL
To revise the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.
The Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (15
U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by amending section 2(9) to read as follows:
‘‘(9) Because Landsat data are particularly im-
portant for global environmental change research,
the program should be managed by an integrated
team consisting of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration and coordinated by the
Office of Science and Technology Policy.’’;
(2) in sections 3(6)(A), 101 (a) and (b),
103(b), and 504, by striking ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary’’;
(3) in section 3(6)(B), by striking ‘‘Department
of Defense’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Depart-
ment of Commerce’’;
(4) in section 101(b)(1), by striking ‘‘, with the
addition of a tracking and data relay satellite com-
munications capability’’;
(5) in section 101(b)(2), by striking all after
‘‘baseline funding profile’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘for the development and operational life of
Landsat 7 that is mutually acceptable to the agen-
cies constituting the Landsat Program Manage-
ment;’’;
(6) in section 101(b), by inserting after para-
graph (4) the following:
‘‘The Director of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy shall, no later than October 1, 1994, transmit the
management plan to the Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate.’’;
(7) in sections 101(c)(3), 202(b)(1), 501(a),
and 502(c)(7), by striking ‘‘section 506’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘section 507’’;
(8) in section 102(b)(1), by striking ‘‘by the ex-
pected end of the design life of Landsat 6’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘by the predicted end of life
of Landsat 5, or as soon as practicable thereafter’’;
(9) in section 103(a), by striking ‘‘section 105’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 104’’;
(10) by striking section 104 and redesignating
section 105 as section 104;
(11) in section 201(c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘120 days’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘90 days’’; and
(B) by amending the second sentence
thereof to read as follows: ‘‘If the Secretary de-
termines that the license requested by the appli-
cant should not be issued, the Secretary shall
inform the applicant within such 90-day period
of the reasons for such determination and the
specific actions required of the applicant to ob-
tain a license.’’;
(12) in section 202(b)(6), by inserting ‘‘, other
than for the sale of data generated by the system in
accordance with the license, that’’ after ‘‘of any
agreement’’;
(13) in section 204, by striking ‘‘may’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘shall’’;
(14) by inserting at the end of title II the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘SEC. 206. NOTIFICATION.
‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS ON LICENSEE.—Within 30 days
after any determination by the Secretary to require a li-
censee to limit collection or distribution of data from a
system licensed pursuant to this title, the Secretary shall
report to the Congress the reasons for such determination,
the limitations imposed on the licensee, and the period
during which such limitations apply.
‘‘(b) TERMINATION, MODIFICATION, OR SUSPEN-
SION.—Within 30 days after any action by the Secretary
to seek an order of injunction or other judicial determina-
tion to terminate, modify, or suspend a license pursuant
to section 203(a)(2), the Secretary shall notify the Con-
gress of such action and provide the reasons for such ac-
tion.’’;
(15) in section 302—
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—’’;
and
(B) by striking subsection (b);
(16) in section 506, by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(e) FEES.—(1) The Federal Communications Com-
mission shall ensure that any licensing or other fees that
a person described in paragraph (2) is required to pay to
such Commission shall be proportional to the cost to the
Commission of the radio licensing process for such person
relative to the cost to the Commission of licensing other
entities subject to the fee. In no event shall such a fee
be required in an amount greater than $5,000 per ground
station.
‘‘(2) A person referred to in paragraph (1) is a pri-
vate remote sensing space system operator subject to the
licensing requirements of title II.’’; and
(17) in section 507, by striking subsection (a)
and subsection (b)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof
the following:
‘‘(a) RESPONSIBILITY
OF
SECRETARY
OF
DE-
FENSE.—The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary
of Defense on all matters under this Act affecting national
security. Within 30 days after receiving a request from
the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense shall recommend
any conditions for a license issued under title II, consist-
ent with this Act, that the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines are needed to protect the national security of the
United States. If no such recommendations have been re-
ceived by the Secretary within such 30-day period, the
Secretary may deem activities proposed in the license ap-
plication to be consistent with the protection of the na-
tional security of the United States.
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE.—
(1) The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of State
on all matters under this Act affecting international obli-
gations of the United States. Within 30 days after receiv-
ing a request from the Secretary, the Secretary of State
shall recommend any conditions for a license issued under
title II, consistent with this Act, that the Secretary of
State determines are needed to meet existing international
obligations of the United States. If no such recommenda-
tions have been received by the Secretary within such 30-
day period, the Secretary may deem activities proposed in
the license application to be consistent with existing inter-
national obligations of the United States.’’.
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