tary facilities scheduled for closing or reduction, and found
no such facilities appropriate for the intended use.
SEC. 220. SPACE STATION ACCOUNTING REPORT.
Within one year after the date of enactment of this
Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall trans-
mit to the Congress a report with a complete annual ac-
counting of all costs of the space station, including cash
and other payments to Russia.
SEC. 221. PURCHASE OF SPACE SCIENCE DATA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum extent possible,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall
purchase from the private sector space science data. Exam-
ples of such data include scientific data concerning the ele-
mental and mineralogical resources of the moon and the
planets, Earth environmental data obtained through remote
sensing observations, and solar storm monitoring.
(b) COMPETITIVE BIDDING.—(1) Contracts for the
purchase of space data under this section shall be awarded
in a process of full, fair, and open competitive bidding.
(2) Submission of cost data, either for the purposes of
supporting the bid or fulfillment of the contract, shall not
be required of bidders.
(3) 
Conformance 
with 
military 
specifications
(Milspec) or National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion specifications systems with respect to the design, con-
struction, or operation of equipment used in obtaining
space science data under contracts entered into under this
section shall not be a requirement for a commercial provider
bidding to provide such services.
(4) Contracts under this section shall not provide for
the Federal Government to obtain ownership of data not
specifically sought by the Federal Government.
SEC. 222. REMOTE SENSING FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RE-
SOURCE MANAGEMENT.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the use of remote sensing data is potentially
a valuable resource to anticipate potential food, feed,
and fiber shortages or excesses, and provide this infor-
mation to the agricultural community in time to as-
sist farmers with planting decisions;
(2) remote sensing data can be useful to predict
impending famine problems and forest infestations in
time to allow remedial action;
(3) remote sensing data can inform the agricul-
tural community as to the condition of crops and the
land which sustains those crops;
(4) remote sensing data can be useful to allow
farmers to apply pesticides, nutrients, and water,
among other inputs, to farmlands in the exact
amounts necessary to maximize crop yield, thereby re-
ducing agricultural costs and minimizing potential
harm to the environment;
(5) remote sensing data can be valuable, when
received on a timely basis, in determining the needs
of additional plantings of a particular crop or a sub-
stitute crop; and
(6) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration, using the expertise of the Earth Observa-
tions Commercialization Applications Program, and
the Department of Agriculture should work in tandem
to aid farmers to obtain data conducive to sound ag-
ricultural management and greater crop yields.
(b) INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of
Agriculture and the Administrator of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, maximizing private
funding and involvement, shall provide farmers and other
interested persons with timely information, through remote
sensing, on crop conditions, fertilization and irrigation
needs, pest infiltration, soil conditions, projected food, feed,
and fiber production, and any other information available
through remote sensing.
(c) ENHANCED REMOTE SENSING PROGRAM.—(1) The
Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall jointly
evaluate the need for a radar imaging platform that could
enhance United States remote sensing capability by provid-
ing information and data relating to agricultural resources,
and which may have other commercial and research appli-
cations.
(2) In the event there is a finding of need for a plat-
form as set forth in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration shall jointly develop a proposal,
which maximizes private funding and involvement in the
launch and operation of such platform, and in the manage-
ment and dissemination of the data from such platform.
The Secretary and the Administrator shall jointly submit
the proposal, within 30 days of its development, to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture and the Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology of the House of Representatives, and to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate.
(d) TRAINING.—The Secretary of Agriculture and the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration shall jointly develop a proposal to inform
farmers and other prospective users concerning the use and
availability of remote sensing data.
(e) SUNSET.—The provisions of this section shall ex-
pire 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 223. COORDINATION OF EDUCATION SUPPORT FOR
UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS.
The Administrator shall coordinate with other Federal
agencies all National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion education activities to encourage the participation of
women, minorities who are underrepresented in science, en-
gineering, and mathematics, and persons with disabilities.
SEC. 224. SPACE EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES ASSESS-
MENT.
(a) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CONTRACT.—
The Administrator shall, to the extent provided in advance
in appropriations Acts, enter into a contract with the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences for the conduct of the assessment
described in subsection (b).
(b) SPACE EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES ASSESS-
MENT.—The contract entered into under subsection (a) shall
provide for an assessment of methods for maximizing, based
on a variety of prospective funding levels, the quantity and
quality of opportunities for space exploration, both human
and robotic, using space vehicles and platforms available
or expected to be available. Such assessment shall focus on
the 5-year period after the date of enactment of this Act,
and on each of the two subsequent 5-year periods. Such as-
sessment shall address opportunities in connection with ci-
vilian and military domestic, and foreign, space vehicles
and platforms, whether publicly or privately funded.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator shall,
within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, sub-
mit to Congress a report containing the results of the assess-
ment conducted under subsection (b).
SEC. 225. CATALOGUE OF EARTH-THREATENING COMETS
AND ASTEROIDS.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—To the extent practicable, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, in coordina-
tion with the Department of Defense and the space agencies
of other countries, shall identify and catalogue within 10
years the orbital characteristics of all comets and asteroids
that are greater than 1 kilometer in diameter and are in
an orbit around the sun that crosses the orbit of the Earth.
(b) PROGRAM PLAN.—By February 1, 1995, the Ad-
ministrator shall submit to the Congress a program plan,
including estimated budgetary requirements for fiscal years
1996 through 2000, to implement subsection (a).
TITLE III—REVISIONS TO LAND
REMOTE 
SENSING 
POLICY
ACT OF 1992
SEC. 301. 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 Ad-
ministration and the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric 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 in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary’’;
(3) in section 3(6)(B), by striking ‘‘Department
of Defense’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Department
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 there-
of ‘‘for the development and operational life of
Landsat 7 that is mutually acceptable to the agencies
constituting the Landsat Program Management;’’;
(6) in section 101(b), by inserting after para-
graph (4) the following:
‘‘The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Pol-
icy shall, no later than October 1, 1994, transmit the man-
agement plan to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee 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 inserting 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 insert-
ing 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 adding at the end of section 103 the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENT.—If negotia-
tions under subsection (a) result in an agreement that the
Landsat Program Management determines generally
achieves the goals stated in subsection (a) (1) through (8),
the Landsat Program Management shall award an exten-
sion, until the practical demise of Landsat 4 or Landsat
5, whichever occurs later, of the existing contract with the
Landsat 6 contractor incorporating the terms of such
agreement.’’;
(11) by striking section 104 and redesignating
section 105 as section 104;
(12) 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 determines
that the license requested by the applicant should
not be issued, the Secretary shall inform the ap-
plicant within such 90-day period of the reasons
for such determination and the specific actions
required of the applicant to obtain a license.’’;
(13) 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 agree-
ment’’;
(14) in section 204, by striking ‘‘may’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘shall’’;
(15) by inserting at the end of title II the follow-
ing 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 sys-
tem licensed pursuant to this title, the Secretary shall re-
port 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 pursuant to section 203(a)(2), the Secretary shall no-
tify the Congress of such action and provide the reasons
for such action.’’;
(16) in section 302—
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—’’;
and
(B) by striking subsection (b); 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 DEFENSE.—
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, consistent with this Act,
that the Secretary of Defense determines are needed to pro-
tect the national security of the United States. If no such
recommendations have been received by the Secretary with-
in such 30-day period, the Secretary may deem activities
proposed in the license application to be consistent with the
protection of the national 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 obliga-
tions of the United States. Within 30 days after receiving
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 de-
termines are needed to meet existing international obliga-
tions of the United States. If no such recommendations 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 international ob-
ligations of the United States.’’.
TITLE IV—AERONAUTICAL
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
SEC. 401. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the United States aeronautics industry has
provided a major contribution to the competitiveness
of the United States, and has accounted for over
$80,000,000,000 
in 
annual 
sales 
and 
over
$20,000,000,000 in positive balance of trade;
(2) the international market share of the United
States aeronautics industry has steadily eroded due to
competition from foreign consortia that receive sub-
stantial direct subsidies from their governments;
(3) the United States aeronautics industry has
been severely impacted by the reductions in defense
spending, leading to reduced levels of research and de-
velopment investment by industry;
(4) the foreign policy of the United States has
included maintaining United States competitiveness
and technology leadership in areas of strategic inter-
est, such as aeronautics, but United States aero-
nautics has not been addressed in United States for-
eign policy with the same emphasis as United States
international space endeavors;
(5) no effective means have been developed by
which the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration can accurately measure the contribution of its
research toward achieving United States competitive-
ness and maintaining technological leadership; and
(6) maintaining experimental state-of-the-art fa-
cilities has been a key investment to retaining United
States competitiveness and technological leadership,
and these facilities have been heavily utilized by
United States industry in their research and develop-
ment programs.
SEC. 402. AERONAUTICS POLICY OF THE NATIONAL AERO-
NAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION.
It is the policy of the United States that—
(1) improving the competitive capability of the
United States aeronautics industry shall be a fun-
damental goal of the aeronautical research and devel-
opment programs of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration;
(2) the investment in aeronautics technology by
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
shall be closely coordinated with United States
industry;
(3) 
the 
establishment 
of 
industry-led,
precompetitive consortia shall be encouraged to better
prioritize and coordinate the industry requirements
for advanced technologies and facilities;
(4) revitalizing national aeronautical facilities
shall be a major element of Federal investment in
aeronautical research and development; and
(5) industry and government cost-sharing for fa-
cilities construction and use shall be investigated to
achieve aeronautics research and technology goals
within a constrained Federal budget.