106 STAT. 4176

PUBLIC LAW 102-555—OCT. 28,1992

15 USC 5651.

15 USC 5652.

(4) a cooperative effort between the United States Govern-
ment and the private sector for the funding and management
of a successor land remote sensing system.

(b) GOALS.—In carrying put subsection (a), the Landsat Pro-
gram Management shall consider the ability of each of the options
to—

(1) encourage the development, launch, and operation of
a land remote sensing system that adequately serves the
civilian, national security, commercial, and foreign policy
interests of the United States;

(2) encourage the development, launch, and operation of
a land remote sensing system that maintains data continuity
with the Landsat system; and

(3) incorporate system enhancements, including any such
enhancements developed under the technology demonstration
program under section 303, which may potentially yield a sys-
tem that is less expensive to build and operate, and more
responsive to data users, than is the Landsat system projected
to be in operation through the year 2000.

(c) PREFERENCE FOR PRIVATE SECTOR SYSTEM.—If a successor
land remote sensing system to Landsat 7 can be funded and man-
aged by the private sector while still achieving the goals stated
in subsection (b) without jeopardizing the domestic, national secu-
rity, and foreign policy interests of the United States, preference
should be given to the development of such a system by the private
sector without competition from the United States Government.

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. SOI. NONDISCRIMINATORY DATA AVAILABILITY.

(a) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided hi subsection (b) of
this section, any unenhanced date generated by the Landsat system
or any other land remote sensing system funded and owned by
the United States Government shall be made available to all users
without preference, bias, or any other special arrangement (except
on the basis of national security concerns pursuant to section 506)
regarding delivery, format, pricing, or technical considerations
which would favor one customer or class of customers over another.

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Unenhanced data generated by the Landsat
system or any other land remote sensing system funded and owned
by the United States Government may be made available to the
United States Government and its affiliated users at reduced prices,
in accordance with this Act, on the condition that such unenhanced
data are used solely for noncommercial purposes.

SEC. 502. ARCHIVING OF DATA.

(a) PUBLIC INTEREST.—It is in the public interest for the United
States Government to—

(1) maintain an archive of land remote sensing data for
historical, scientific, and technical purposes, including long-
term global environmental monitoring;

(2) control the content and scope of the archive; and

(3) assure the quality, integrity, and continuity of the
archive.

(b) ARCHIVING PRACTICES.—The Secretary of the Interior, in
consultation with the Landsat Program Management, shall provide
for long-term storage, maintenance, and upgrading of a basic, global,