The 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.
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.
Repeal The Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act was repealed by the enactment of the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992. The legislative repeal was passed by the 102nd U.S. Congressional session and enacted into law by the 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush on October 28, 1992.
See also Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science Commercial use of space Copernicus Programme Earth Observing System Ocean Surface Topography Mission Satellite crop monitoring
References
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.


