Title 51, National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-102

§60506 Sharing of Climate Related Data

Title 51 › Subtitle VI — Earth Observations › CHAPTER 605 — EARTH SCIENCE › § 60506

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must update the agency’s rules for sharing climate data to follow the recommendations in the Government Accountability Office report on climate change research and data-sharing, the National Academies’ Earth Science Decadal Survey "Earth Science and Applications from Space," and other relevant National Academies reports. The goal is to improve how the agency handles, shares, and keeps data so the public can access accurate, up-to-date information about global warming.

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Title 51, §60506

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The Administrator shall work to ensure that the Administration’s policies on the sharing of climate related data respond to the recommendations of the Government Accountability Office’s report on climate change research and data-sharing policies and to the recommendations on the processing, distribution, and archiving of data by the National Academies Earth Science Decadal Survey, “Earth Science and Applications from Space”, and other relevant National Academies reports, to enhance and facilitate their availability and widest possible use to ensure public access to accurate and current data on global warming.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6050642 U.S.C. 17825(c).Pub. L. 110–422, title XI, § 1109(c), Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4811.

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51 U.S.C. § 60506

Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102