[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4969 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4969

 To authorize funding for the development, launch, and operation of a 
  Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite in support of a national energy 
                                policy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2002

 Mr. Thune (for himself and Ms. Rivers) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize funding for the development, launch, and operation of a 
  Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite in support of a national energy 
                                policy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Development and Deployment.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
$376,000,000 for the development and deployment of a multifrequency 
Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite in support of a national energy 
policy.
    (b) Operation and Data.--
            (1) South dakota.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to the United States Geological Survey $19,000,000 per fiscal 
        year for Command, Control, Data Processing, Archiving, and 
        Distribution of data from the Synthetic Aperture Radar 
        satellite through the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, South 
        Dakota.
            (2) Alaska.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
        United States Geological Survey $12,000,000 per fiscal year for 
        Data Processing, Archiving, and Distribution of data from the 
        Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite through the Alaska Synthetic 
        Aperture Radar Facility of the Geophysical Institute at the 
        University of Alaska/Fairbanks.
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