Sec. 1612. Leveraging commercial satellite remote sensing
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In acquiring geospatial intelligence, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office and the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, shall leverage, to the extent practicable, the capabilities of the industry of the United States, including through the use of domestic commercial geospatial-intelligence services and acquisition of domestic commercial satellite imagery.
The Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, as part of an analysis of alternatives for the future acquisition of space systems, and the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, as part of an analysis of alternatives for the future acquisition of analysis tools for geospatial intelligence, shall each— consider whether there is a cost-effective domestic commercial capability or service available that can meet any or all of the geospatial-intelligence requirements of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, or both; if a cost-effective domestic commercial capability or service is available as described in paragraph (1)— give preference to using such domestic commercial capability or service to meet requirements; and determine— whether it is in the national interest to develop a governmental space system or service for geospatial intelligence; whether such a governmental space system or service would be duplicative to such a domestic commercial capability or service; and the costs for developing such a governmental space system or service; and include, as part of the established acquisition reporting requirements to the appropriate congressional committees, any determination made under paragraphs
(1)and (2). In this section: The term acquisition of commercial satellite imagery means the acquisition of satellite imagery derived from electro-optical, infrared, synthetic aperture radar, hyperspectral, and radio frequency, data. The term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. The term commercial geospatial-intelligence services means services including analytic tools, products, or data that can describe, assess, and visually depict natural or manmade features, objects, or activities that can be geographically referenced on the Earth, regardless of collection phenomenology. The term intelligence community has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 ).
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