SENATE REPORT ON H.R. 5155 -- LANDSAT COMMERCIALIZATION ACT

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• Publication Date: June 4, 1984
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General Counsel
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OLL 84-3012
4 June 1984
Comirex Staff
Ottice of General Counsel
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Legislation Division
Office of Legislative Liaison
SUBJECT: Senate Report on H.R. 5155 -- Landsat
Commercialization Act
1. Attached for your review and comment is H.R. 5155 as
reported from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation. The Senate Report is also attached for your
review.
2. The Senate Committee amended the House passed version
of H.R. 5155 and substituted the language of the Senate Landsat
bill, S. 2292. While OMB did not clear our letter to the
Senate on S. 2292, they did attempt to clear a Department of
Commerce report as the definitive Administration position on
the Landsat issue. OMB was not successful, and neither our
veiws nor any other Administration view went to the Hill on
these bills. A copy of our comments on S. 2292, revised to
correspond to the appropriate section of H.R. 5155, is attached
for your review.
have them incorporated before action by the Senate.
3. Please review the attached materials and provide me
your comments. If our proposed changes to S. 2292 remain valid
for the Senate version of H.R. 5155, our office will seek to
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Section 103(2)
Add at the end of 103(2), after subsection (c), the following
sentence:
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Preferences or special arrangements that are requird by
the conditions established pursuant to section 60 to meet
the national security concerns or the international
obligations of the United States shall be deemed to be
non-discriminatory.
Section 402
402(b). Add a new subsection (6):
(6) the entity seeking to obtain the license agrees
to comply with the conditions established pursuant to
section 60f to meet national security concerns and
internation41 obligations of the United States.
Section 403
After "agencies" add the following:
"and consistent with the conditions developed under section
COZ)
Section 607
607(a). Add the following at the end:
The Secretary of Defense shall determine those conditions
which are necessary to impose on any system operator to
meet the national security concens of the United States.
607(b). Add the following at the end:
The Secretary of State shall determine those conditions
which are necessary to impose on any system operator to
meet the international obligations of the United States.
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