Section 60113 - Data policy for Landsat 7(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.| HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 60113 | 15 U.S.C. 5615(a), (b). | Pub. L. 102-555, title I, §105(a), (b), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4170. |