51-U.S.C.-60113
§60113 – Data Policy For Landsat 7
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Title 51 > Subtitle VI > Chapter 601 > Subchapter II > Section 60113
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- Reference: Section 60113
- Legend: §60113 – Data Policy For Landsat 7
- USCode Year: 2012
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(a) Landsat 7 Data Policy.—The Landsat Program Management, in consultation with other appropriate United States Government agencies, shall develop a data policy for Landsat 7 which should—
(1) ensure that unenhanced data are available to all users at the cost of fulfilling user requests;
(2) ensure timely and dependable delivery of unenhanced data to the full spectrum of civilian, national security, commercial, and foreign users and the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive;
(3) ensure that the United States retains ownership of all unenhanced data generated by Landsat 7;
(4) support the development of the commercial market for remote sensing data;
(5) ensure that the provision of commercial value-added services based on remote sensing data remains exclusively the function of the private sector; and
(6) to the extent possible, ensure that the data distribution system for Landsat 7 is compatible with the Earth Observing System Data and Information System.
(b) Additional Data Policy Considerations.—In addition, the data policy for Landsat 7 may provide for—
(1) United States private sector entities to operate ground receiving stations in the United States for Landsat 7 data;
(2) other means for direct access by private sector entities to unenhanced data from Landsat 7; and
(3) the United States Government to charge a per image fee, license fee, or other such fee to entities operating ground receiving stations or distributing Landsat 7 data.
(Pub. L. 111–314, §3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3413.)
Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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60113 | 15 U.S.C. 5615(a), (b). | Pub. L. 102–555, title I, §105(a), (b), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4170. |
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