CONGRESSIONAL RECOR - SENATE

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• Publication Date: June 8, 1984
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June 8, 1.'e- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Sac. 8. (a) ESTAat.rsSIMErrr.-The Secretary
shall establish a Manufacturing Science and
Technology Enhancement Advisory Com-
mittee to advise the Secretary concerning
the activities to be eorducta.d under this
Act. The Advuury Committer Fh^ll have
representation from technotagN-snr*iiive in-
dustrial sectors. from labor, from the manu-
facturing research community. and from
such other sectors as the Secretary consid-
ers appropriate. Such mernbers shall be ap-
pointed by the Secretary for at term of 2
years. and shall receive no compensation.
Any such member shalt, in accordance with
section 5703 of title 5. united States Code.
be entitled to rcimburscment for travel or
transportation expenses incurred In the per-
formance of responsibilities as a toember of
the Advisory Committee.
(b) Fbl.crioNs,-The Advisory. Committee
shall-
(1) review the policies and selection crite.
ria for grants made and cooperative agree-
ments entered into under this Act; --- -----
(2) review the progress of the Secretary of
Commerce in meeting all the requirements
of this Act;
(3) assess the effectiveness of the activi-
ties funded pursuant to this Act; and
(4) submit to the Secretary, at least annu-
ally, evaluations and recommendations re-
garding activities carried out under this Act.
(c) Rarowr -The Advisory Committee
shall submit to the Congress an annual
report on its activities under this Act.
(d) A1'Pt.ICAalLITy.-The Advisory Commit-
tee shall be subject to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.).
The amendment was agreed to.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading, read the third
time, and passed.
- Mr. BAKER. Mr. President. I move
to reconsider the vote by which the
bill was passed.
Mr. BYRD. I move to lay that
motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was
agreed to.
LITE COMMERCIALIZATIO
ACT OF 1984
the bill (H.R. 5155) to establish a
system to promote the use of land
remote-sensing satellite data, and for
other purposes, which had been re-
ported from the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation
with an amendment to strike all after
the enacting clause and insert:
That this Act may be cited as the "Land
Remote Sensing Satellite Connnere-taliza-
lion Act of 1964" TITLE I- DECLA RATION OF FINDINGS
AND PURPOSES
FINDINGS
SEC. 101. The Congress finds and declares
that-
(1) the Federal Government's espi rimental
i,andsat system has a,tablished the United
States as the world leader in land remote
sensing satellite technology;
(2) the continuous collection of land
remote sensing data from satellites is of
major benefit in managing the Earth's natu-
rat resources:
(3) private sector involvement in space
can provide sound bases for the future
growth of space-based technologies;
(4) it is necessary to determine the extent
to which it is appropriate and in the nation-
al interest for the private sector to assume
responsibility for civil land remote sensing
satellite system operation and data manage-
ment,'
ISI the existing cirf/ land remote sensing
system of the United Stales involves impor-
tant international commitments;
(6) civil land remote sensing involves rele-
vant national security concerns;
171 it is in the national interest to promote
the establishment of private land remote
sensing ventures;
(8) private industry is best suited to devel-
op ma rkets for remote sensing data,'
(9) it is doubtful that the private sector
alone currently can develop a total land
remote sensing system because of the high
risk and large capital expenditure involved,'
(101 cooperation between the Federal Gov-
ernment and private industry is necessary
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civil land remote sensing satellites Inrolr-
ing rectification of distortions, registration
rilh respect to features of the Earth, and
calibration of spectral response; the term
does not inclade conclusions, manipulu
lions. or calculctions derived from such sig-
nals or con,t:ination of the signals u ith
other data or information; and
(5) "United States private entity" means
any eftizen of the United States or any non-
governmental entity or consortium of enti-
ties, the majority of chose assets is owned
by citizens of the United States, the majority
of whose personnel is comprised of citizens
of the United States, and whose principal
place of business is in the United States.
TITLE 11-OPERATION AND DATA
MARE. STING OF LANDSAT S }STEM
to manage- effcctioely-LAe existing Landsat.-- Ss 20LJa1 The Department of Commerce
system so as to ensure data continuity, to shall be responsible for-
honor international and national security
responsibilities, and to broaden the data
market enough to support self-rufJlcient pri-
vate ventures; and
(11) such cooperation should be structured
to minimise the amount of support and reg-
ulation by the Federal Government, while
assuring continuous availability to the Fed-
eral Government of tared remote sensing
data.
PURPOSES
Src 202. The purposes of this Act are to-
(l) guide the Federal Government in
achieving proper involvement of the private
sector by providing a framework for gradual
commercialization of land remote sensing.
allowing an increasing private role as the
market for data expands, and assuring con-
tinuous data availability to the Federal
Government;
(2) preserve the leading position of the
United States in civil land remote sensing,
preserve the national security, and honor
the international obligations of the United
States;
(31 reaffirm the right of all nations to
sense the Earth's surface and acquire land
remote sensing data, so long as such data
are made available to all potential users on
a nondiscriminatory basis; and
(4l minimize the duration and amount of
further Federal investment necessary to
assure data continuity while achieving com-
mem-ialization of civil land remote sensing.
DZRNI7TONS
Sec 103. For purposes of this Act, the
term-
fl) "Landsat system" means Landsat 4
and Landsat 5, and related ground equip-
ment, systems and facilities;
(2) "nondiscriminatory basis" means
without preference, bias, or any arrange-
ment that favors any purchaser or class of
purchasers over another, such that-
(A) data products are made available to
all potential buyers at standard, published
prices;
(B) all purchasers are given the same op-
portunities for access to data, such as time-
lines, of availability and terms of delivery;
and
(CI special arrangements, other than any
arrangement for exclusive access to data by
any purchaser, such as volume discounts,
gathering of data with certain characteris-
tics requested by a purchaser, and mainte-
nance of secrecy regarding any such ar-
ranoements, are permissible if the availabil-
ity sad prices of such services are published
and uniformly available to all data purchas-
ers;
(3) "Secretary" means the Secretary of
Commerce;
l4) "unenhanced data" means digital or
maximally processed signals collected from
(11 the orbit and data collection of Land-
sat 4, and disposition of Landsat 4 upon the
termination of its useful operation, as deter-
mined and published by the Secretary;
(2) the orbit and data collection of Land-
sat 5, and disposition of Landsat S upon the
termination of its useful operation, as deter-
mined and published by the Secretary;
(Jl ground equipment and facilities which
are used to operate the Landsat system; and
(4) provision of data to foreign ground
stations under the terms of existing Memo-
randa of Understanding between the United
States Government and nations that operate
ground stations.
(b) The Department of Commerce may
extend any such Memoranda of Understand-
ing if such extension provides for their expi-
ration upon the termination of the useful
operation of the Landsat system.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not
prohibit the Department of Commerce from
continuing to contract for the operation of
the Landsat system, so long as the United
States Government retains-
(1) ownership of the system;
12) ownership of the unenhanced
and
(3) authority to make decisions concern-
ing operation of the system.
NAF.KFT1N0 OF UNENHANCED DATA
SEC. 202. (a/ In accordance with the re-
quirements of this title, the Secretary shall,
to the extent provided in advance by appro-
priation Acts, by means of a competitive
process contract with a United States pri-
vate entity for the marketing of unenhanced
data collected by the Landsat system. Any
such contract shall provide that-
(l) the contractor may set the prices of un-
enhanced data products, if the products are
always available to all potential users on a
nondiscriminatory basis;
(2) the contractor shall compensate the
United States Government for the right to
sell the data by payment of an initial fee, a
percentage of data sales receipts, or some
combination of such fee and receipts;
13) the contractor shall pay to the United
States Government the full purchase price of
any vncnhanced data that the contractor
elects to utaiY for purposes other than sale.
In accordance with paragraph (4) of this
subsection:
14) the contractor shall not engage in any
sale of processed data except in a manner
consistent with applicable antitrust laws;
and
(5) the Secretary has determined that such
contract is likely to result in cost savings for
the United States Government
(bi Prior to entering into such a contract,
the Secretary shall publish the requirements
of subsection (a)(1) through (5) of this sec-
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