[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2261 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2261

   To facilitate the continued development of the commercial remote 
            sensing industry and protect national security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2015

 Mr. Bridenstine (for himself, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. 
Posey, and Mr. Babin) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
           to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
   To facilitate the continued development of the commercial remote 
            sensing industry and protect national security.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Commercial Remote Sensing Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTING.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 601 of title 51, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 60126. Annual reporting
    ``The Secretary shall provide a report to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of the Commercial Remote Sensing 
Act of 2015 and annually thereafter on--
            ``(1) the Secretary's implementation of section 60121, 
        including--
                    ``(A) a list of all applications received in the 
                previous calendar year;
                    ``(B) a list of all applications approved;
                    ``(C) a list of all applications denied;
                    ``(D) a list of all applications that required 
                additional information; and
                    ``(E) a list of all applications whose disposition 
                exceeded the 120 day deadline established in section 
                60121(c), the total days overdue for applications that 
                exceeded such deadline, and an explanation for the 
                delay;
            ``(2) all notifications and information provided to the 
        Secretary pursuant to section 60122; and
            ``(3) all actions taken by the Secretary under the 
        administrative authority granted by section 60123(a)(4), (5), 
        and (6).''.

SEC. 3. STATUTORY UPDATE REPORT.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies and 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Advisory 
Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing, shall report to the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on 
statutory updates necessary to protect national security, protect the 
United States industrial base, and reflect the current state of the art 
of remote sensing systems, instruments, or technologies.
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