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[CITE: 15USC5633]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                 CHAPTER 82--LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION
 
Sec. 5633. Technology demonstration program


(a) Establishment

    As a fundamental component of a national land remote sensing 
strategy, the President shall establish, through appropriate United 
States Government agencies, a technology demonstration program. The 
goals of such programs shall be to--
        (1) seek to launch advanced land remote sensing system 
    components within 5 years after October 28, 1992.\1\
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        (2) demonstrate within such 5-year period advanced sensor 
    capabilities suitable for use in the anticipated land remote sensing 
    program; and
        (3) demonstrate within such 5-year period an advanced land 
    remote sensing system design that could be less expensive to procure 
    and operate than the Landsat system projected to be in operation 
    through the year 2000, and that therefore holds greater potential 
    for private sector investment and control.

(b) Execution of program

    In executing the technology demonstration program, the President 
shall seek to apply technologies associated with United States National 
Technical Means of intelligence gathering, to the extent that such 
technologies are appropriate for the technology demonstration and can be 
declassified for such purposes without causing adverse harm to United 
States national security interests.

(c) Broad application

    To the greatest extent practicable, the technology demonstration 
program established under subsection (a) of this section shall be 
designed to be responsive to the broad civilian, national security, 
commercial, and foreign policy needs of the United States.

(d) Private sector funding

    The technology demonstration program under this section may be 
carried out in part with private sector funding.

(e) Landsat Program Management coordination

    The Landsat Program Management shall have a coordinating role in the 
technology demonstration program carried out under this section.

(f) Report to Congress

    The President shall assess the progress of the technology 
demonstration program under this section and, within 2 years after 
October 28, 1992, submit a report to the Congress on such progress.

(Pub. L. 102-555, title III, Sec. 303, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4174.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5611, 5632, 5641 of this 
title.
