S. 1861 TO AUTHORIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION LAND REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE, AND TO ENSURE THE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES AS THE WORLD LEADER IN DEVELOPING AND UTILIZING LAND REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE LANDSAT PROGRAM.

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• Publication Date: September 20, 1983
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98Tx CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
5.1861
To authorize the development of a new generation land remote sensing satellite,
and to ensure the role of the United States as the world leader in developing
and utilizing land remote sensing technology through the Landsat program.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 2O (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 19), 1983
Mr. PRESSLER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To authorize the development of a new generation land remote
sensing satellite, and to ensure the role of the United States
as the world leader in developing and utilizing land remote
sensing technology through the Landsat program.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representa-
2 tines o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled,
3 That this Act may be cited as the "Land Remote Sensing
4 Satellite Authorization Act of 1983".
5 FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND POLICY
6 SECTION 1. (a) The Congress finds and declares that-
? (1) the United States is currently the world leader
8 in developing land remote sensing satellite technology
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1 through the Landsat program, but is in danger of fall-
2 ing behind or completely losing its market to foreign
3 competitors;
4 (2) land remote sensing from satellites can assist
5 in the proper and rational management of our global
6 resources and environment by providing data on natu-
7 ral and manmade features on and around the surface of
8 the Earth, which is used in such applications as conti-
9 nental crop yield forecasting, pollution control, energy
10 and mineral exploration, disaster control, cartography,
11 urban planning, and land use management;
12 (3) the public interest is served by the valuable
13 and useful land remote sensing satellite data which are
14 expected to be in greater demand in the future if such
15 data remains available on a continuous, timely, and re-
16 liable basis; and
17 (4) the Federal Government should guarantee
18 continuity of land remote sensing satellite data until
19 the private sector can own and operate a similar
20 system consistent with the findings, purposes, and poli-
21 ties contained herein.
22 (b) It is declared to be the purposes of the Congress in
23 this Act that-
24 (1) the United States shall remain the world
25 leader in developing land remote sensing by utilizing
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1 available technological advances necessary to protect
2 our world market against recent advances of foreign
3 competitors;
4 (2) a new generation land remote sensing satellite
5 shall be built and launched to ensure United States
6 data continuity to our world and domestic market
7 users; and
8 (3) any United States land remote sensing satellite
9 system shall be operated in a manner consistent with
10 international obligations of the United States.
11 (c) It is declared to be the policy of the Congress in this
12 Act that-
13 (1) the United States should take steps to ensure,
14 on an equitable, nondiscriminatory basis, dissemination
15 of data from any United States land remote sensing
16 satellite system; and
17 (2) all nations have the right to acquire certain
18 data from space systems in outer space and to dissemi-
19 nate that data widely.
2O AUTHORIZATION OF LAND REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE
21 SEC. 2. Section 203 of the National Aeronautics and
22 Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2473) is amended by adding
23 the following new subsection at the end thereof:
24 "(d) The Administration is authorized and directed to
25 plan and provide for the development, management, and op-
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1 eration of a civil land remote sensing satellite system utilizing
2 and advancing the developments in land remote sensing tech-
3 nology.".
4 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
5 SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated such
6 sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of section
7 203(d) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.
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