§60147 Consultation

Summary

The Secretary and Landsat program managers must talk with the Secretary of Defense about any matters here that affect national security. The Defense Secretary decides what security conditions are needed and must tell the Secretary and Landsat managers quickly. They must also consult with the Secretary of State about anything that affects international obligations. The State Secretary picks the conditions needed for foreign policy and tells them quickly. The State is encouraged to help developing countries with remote sensing data, technology, and training as part of foreign aid, and must report any unfair outside-the-U.S. distribution of Landsat data. Landsat managers must keep Congress updated as needed about system operations and about decisions made for security or international reasons. If a licensee must change technical systems under subchapter III for national security and the Secretary, after talking with Defense or other agencies, finds the licensee will face extra costs or lose past development costs (including cost of capital), the agencies that asked for the changes may have to pay those extra or past costs. They cannot be required to pay expected profits. Payments can cover costs from required performance changes but not ordinary costs of doing business abroad.