PUBLIC LAW 102-567—OCT. 29, 1992

106 STAT. 4279

(3) the Landsat data collected since 1972 are an important
global data set for monitoring and assessing land resources
and global change;

(4) the Secretary of the Interior maintains archives of aerial
photography, digital cartographic data, and other Earth science
data at the EROS Data Center that also are important data
sets for monitoring and assessing land resources and global
change;

(5) it is appropriate to transfer authority to the Secretary
of the Interior for the archiving of land remote-sensing data;
and

(6) the Secretary of the Interior should explore ways to
facilitate the use of archived data for research purposes consist-
ent with other provisions of the Land Remote-Sensing Commer-
cialization Act of 1984.

(b) PROVISION OF UNENHANCED DATA.—Section 402(bX4) of the
Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C.
4242(bX4)) is amended by inserting "of the Interior" immediately
after "Secretary".

(c) ARCHIVING OF DATA.—Section 602 of the Land Remote-
Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4272) is
amended—

(1) in subsections (b), (c), (d), (f), and (g), by inserting
"of the Interior" immediately after "Secretary5* each place it
appears; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(h) hi carrying out the functions of this section, the Secretary

of the Interior shall consult with the Secretary to ensure that
archiving activities are consistent with the terms and conditions
of any contract or agreement entered into under title II, III, or
V of this Act and with any license issued under title IV of this
Act.".

SEC. 115. WEATHER OFFICE IN EUREKA, CALIFORNIA.

Notwithstanding any other law, any property and improve-
ments to that property located on Woodley Island in the city of
Eureka, California, that are—

(1) acquired by the Secretary of Commerce from Humboldt
Bay Harbor Recreation and Conservation District, California,
for use as a weather forecasting office; and

(2) determined by the Secretary to be excess property,
shall revert to that district.

SEC. 116. REPORT ON SATELLITE OCEANOGRAPHY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Coordinating Council for Science,
Engineering, and Technology through the Committee on Earth and
Environmental Sciences, in consultation with Federal, academic,
and commercial users of remotely sensed data, shall consider and
develop findings and recommendations regarding—

(1) the most urgent current needs of oceanographic
researchers within the Federal Government, the academic
community, and the private sector, for remote sensing capabili-
ties and remotely sensed data, including findings regarding
the present inadequacies in these capabilities and data; and

(2) the major goals of satellite oceanography for the next
10 years.

(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Federal Coordinating Council for Science,

Real property.

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