Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984

Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984

Long title	An Act to establish a system to promote the use of land remote-sensing satellite data, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	LRSCA
Enacted by	the 98th United States Congress
Effective	July 17, 1984
Citations
Public law	98-365
Statutes at Large	98 Stat. 451
Codification
Titles amended	15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections created	15 U.S.C. ch. 68 § 4201 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 5155 by Don Fuqua (D–FL) on March 15, 1984 Committee consideration by House Science and Technology, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Passed the House on April 9, 1984 (Passed Voice Vote) Passed the Senate on June 8, 1984 (Passed Voice Vote) with amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on June 28, 1984 (Agreed Unanimous Consent) with further amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on June 29, 1984 (Agreed Voice Vote) Signed into law by President Ronald W. Reagan on July 17, 1984

Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 is a United States statute establishing a system to further the utilization of satellite imagery data obtained from Earth observation satellites located in a geocentric orbit above the atmosphere of Earth.

The H.R. 5155 legislation was passed by the 98th U.S. Congressional session and enacted into law by the 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan on July 17, 1984.^[1]

Titles of the Act

Title 15 United States Code Chapter 68 was authored as seven titles based on U.S. Congressional findings, policies, and purposes as in accordance with the existing Landsat program and Space law.

Title I: Declaration of Findings, Purposes, and Policies - 15 U.S.C. §§ 4201-4204

Title II: Operation and Data Marketing of Landsat System - 15 U.S.C. §§ 4211-4215

Title III: Provision of Data Continuity after the Landsat System - 15 U.S.C. §§ 4221-4227

Title IV: Licensing of Private Remote-Sensing Space Systems - 15 U.S.C. §§ 4241-4246

Title V: Research and Development - 15 U.S.C. §§ 4261-4263

Title VI: General Provisions - 15 U.S.C. §§ 4271-4278

Title VII: Prohibition of Commercialization of Weather Satellites - 15 U.S.C. §§ 4291-4292

U.S. Congressional Actions to 1984 Act

U.S. Congressional amendment and fiscal authorization to the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984.

Date of Enactment	Public Law No.	U.S. Statute Citation	U.S. Legislative Bill	U.S. Presidential Administration
July 11, 1985	P.L. 99-62	99 Stat. 118	H.R. 2800	Ronald W. Reagan
October 30, 1987	P.L. 100-147	101 Stat. 860	H.R. 2782	Ronald W. Reagan

Repeal of Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984

The Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act was repealed by the enactment of the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act on October 28, 1992.^[2][3]

See also

Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science

Commercial use of space

Earth Observing System

Ocean Surface Topography Mission

Remote sensing satellite and data overview

Satellite crop monitoring

References

1. Gerhard Peters; John T. Woolley. "Ronald Reagan: "Statement on Signing the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 ," July 17, 1984". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
2. "Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 ~ P.L. 102-555" (PDF). 106 Stat. 4163 ~ House Bill 6133. U.S. Government Printing Office. October 28, 1992.
3. "H.R. 6133 ~ Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992". P.L. 102-555 ~ 106 Stat. 4163. Congress.gov. October 5, 1992.

External links

• "Costs and Uses of Remote Sensing Satellites" (PDF). U.S. GAO ~ RCED-83-111. U.S. Government Accountability Office. March 4, 1983.
• "Effects on Users of Commercializing Landsat and the Weather Satellites" (PDF). U.S. GAO ~ RCED-84-93. U.S. Government Accountability Office. February 24, 1984.