§60147 Consultation

Summary

Require the Secretary and the Landsat Program Management to talk with the Secretary of Defense about any Landsat matters that affect national security. The Secretary of Defense decides what limits or conditions are needed for security and must tell them quickly. They must also talk with the Secretary of State about matters that affect U.S. international obligations. The Secretary of State decides those conditions and must notify them quickly. U.S. agencies may give remote sensing data, technology, and training to developing countries as part of aid. The Secretary of State must quickly tell the Secretary and Landsat Program Management about any unfair foreign sharing of Landsat data. Landsat Program Management must keep Congress fully updated on system operations and on decisions made for security or international reasons. If a licensee must make technical changes under subchapter III for national security and the Secretary (after consulting Defense or other agencies) finds those changes cause extra costs or unrecovered past development costs (including cost of capital), the Secretary can require the agency or agencies that asked for the changes to repay the licensee for those extra or development costs but not for expected profits. Repayments can cover costs from required changes in system performance, but not normal costs of doing business abroad.