[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4818 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4818

         To revise the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 1994

  Mr. Walker (for himself, Mr. Brown of California, and Mr. Baker of 
 California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
         To revise the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 important 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 ``Department of 
        Commerce'';
            (4) in section 101(b)(1), by striking ``, with the addition 
        of a tracking and data relay satellite communications 
        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 agencies constituting the Landsat Program 
        Management;'';
            (6) in section 101(b), by inserting after paragraph (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 inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``section 507'';
            (8) in section 102(b)(1), by striking ``by the expected end 
        of the design life of Landsat 6'' and inserting 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 determines that the 
                license requested by the applicant 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 obtain 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 inserting in 
        lieu thereof ``shall'';
            (14) by inserting at the end of title II the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 206. NOTIFICATION.

    ``(a) Limitations on Licensee.--Within 30 days after any 
determination by the Secretary to require a licensee 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 Suspension.--Within 30 days 
after any action by the Secretary to seek an order of injunction or 
other judicial determination to terminate, modify, or suspend a license 
pursuant to section 203(a)(2), the Secretary shall notify the Congress 
of such action and provide the reasons for such action.'';
            (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 Commission 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 private 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 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 protect the 
national security 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 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 obligations 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 determines 
are needed to meet existing international obligations 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 
obligations of the United States.''.
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