NATIONAL CIVIL REMOTE-SENSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SEC. 126. NATIONAL CIVIL REMOTE-SENSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall report to the Congress on the advisability of establishing a permanent National Civil Remote-Sensing Advisory Committee. The report should address concerns related to national security, conflict of interest, and duplication of existing authorities. In preparing the report, the Director shall assess the effectiveness of a National Civil 104 STAT. 3205 Remote-Sensing Advisory Committee comprised of interested private-sector persons (including remote-sensing data users, data vendors, technology developers, system operators, information management and telecommunications specialists, and social scientists) which would— (1) provide advice and policy recommendations to the President, the President’s Science Advisor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and relevant committees of the Congress on the development of a national civil remote-sensing policy that would be responsive to both user needs and global developments, in terms of— (A) coordinating land, oceanic, and atmospheric remote sensing systems, including ground stations; (B) coordinating research and development, applications, and commercial remote-sensing activities; (C) fostering effective integration of satellite, aerial, and in situ data; and (D) assessing current institutional arrangements for the management, exploitation, and sharing of both real-time and archived data; (2) provide recommendations on the conduct of cooperative test and applications demonstration projects designed to manage environmental pollution and the use of natural re-sources; and (3) coordinate with the United States Global Change Research Program on issues of mutual concern.