Sec. 604. Landsat
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing— the Administrator’s efforts to comply with section 60134 of title 51, United States Code; aspects of Landsat NEXT or any other Landsat observations that— could be provided by private sector data-buys or service procurements; and could— meet associated science requirements while maintaining or exceeding the quality, integrity, and continuity of the Landsat observational capabilities and performance, including requirements necessary to ensure high-quality calibrated data continuity and traceability with the 50-year Landsat data record; and comply with nondiscriminatory availability of unenhanced data and public archiving of data pursuant to section 60141 and 60142 of title 51, United States Code, and all other relevant Federal laws, regulations, and policies related to open science and data accessibility; any potential tradeoffs or other impacts of the requirements described in clauses
(i)and
(ii)of paragraph (2)(B) that could reduce the benefit of Landsat data for scientific and applied uses or reduce the Federal Government’s ability to make such data available for the widest possible use; and recommendations and opportunities for the Federal Government to mitigate potential tradeoffs or impacts identified under paragraph
(3)or to otherwise facilitate private sector data-buys or service procurements.