51 U.S.C. § 60131: Continued Federal research…

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The Administrator and the Secretary of Defense must keep and improve programs that do research and development on remote sensing. The Administrator may run experimental space sensing projects (including university research and demos), build new sensing tools and methods for watching Earth and its environment, and work with other government agencies, businesses, universities, nonprofits, state and local governments, foreign governments, and international groups. The Administrator can make agreements, including joint ventures, to help this work. The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior may use appropriated funds to do remote sensing research to help manage renewable and nonrenewable resources. Their work can include university research, application demonstrations, and joint projects with other agencies, private groups, and foreign or international organizations. Other federal agencies may also use appropriated funds to do remote sensing research that helps them carry out their missions.

Title 51, §60131

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(a)Roles of Administration and Department of Defense.—

(1)In general.—

The Administrator and the Secretary of Defense are directed to continue and to enhance programs of remote sensing research and development.

(2)Administration activities authorized and encouraged.—

The Administrator is authorized and encouraged to—

(A)conduct experimental space remote sensing programs (including applications demonstration programs and basic research at universities);

(B)develop remote sensing technologies and techniques, including those needed for monitoring the Earth and its environment; and

(C)conduct such research and development in cooperation with other United States Government agencies and with public and private research entities (including private industry, universities, non-profit organizations, State and local governments, foreign governments, and international organizations) and to enter into arrangements (including joint ventures) which will foster such cooperation.

(b)Roles of Department of Agriculture and Department of the Interior.— (c) Role of Other Federal Agencies.—

(1)In general.—

In order to enhance the ability of the United States to manage and utilize its renewable and nonrenewable resources, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are authorized and encouraged to conduct programs of research and development in the applications of remote sensing using funds appropriated for such purposes.

(2)Activities that may be included.—

Such programs may include basic research at universities, demonstrations of applications, and cooperative activities involving other Government agencies, private sector parties, and foreign and international organizations.

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6013115 U.S.C. 5631.Pub. L. 102–555, title III, § 301, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4174.

§60131 Continued Federal Research and Development

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Title 51, §60131

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