Sec. 303. Land imaging
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It is the sense of Congress that— the continuous collection and utilization of land remote sensing data from space are of major benefit in studying and understanding human impacts on the global environment, in managing the Earth’s natural resources, in carrying out national security functions, and in planning and conducting many other activities of scientific, economic, and social importance; and to the greatest extent practicable, the United States should foster the development of U.S. private sector remote sensing capabilities and analyses that can satisfy the public interest in long-term continuous collection of medium-resolution land remote sensing data.
Subchapter IV of chapter 601 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: It is the policy of the United States to— ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, the continuous collection of space-based, medium-resolution observations of the Earth’s land cover; ensure that the collected data are made available in such ways as to facilitate the widest possible use; and to the greatest extent practicable, foster the development of U.S. private sector remote sensing capabilities and analyses that can satisfy the public interest in long-term continuous collection of medium-resolution land remote sensing data.
The National Space Council, in consultation with other relevant Federal agencies, shall coordinate United States Government activities described under paragraphs
(1)through
(3)of subsection (a). . The table of sections for subchapter IV of chapter 601 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 60135. Continuous land remote sensing data collection. .