TRANSFER OF DATA ARCHIVING RESPONSIBILITY.

SEC. 114. TRANSFER OF DATA ARCHIVING RESPONSIBILITY. (a) Findings.— The Congress finds that— (1) section 602 of the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4272) directs the Secretary of Commerce to provide for the archiving of land remote-sensing data for historical, scientific, and technical purposes, including long-term global environmental monitoring; (2) the Secretary of Commerce currently provides for the archiving of Landsat data at the Department of the Interior’s EROS Data Center, which is consistent with the requirement of section 602(g) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 4272(g)) to use existing Federal Government facilities to the extent practicable in carrying out this archiving responsibility; 106 STAT. 4279 (3) the Landsat data collected since 1972 are an important global data set for monitoring and assessing land resources and global change; (4) the Secretary of the Interior maintains archives of aerial photography, digital cartographic data, and other Earth science data at the EROS Data Center that also are important data sets for monitoring and assessing land resources and global change; (5) it is appropriate to transfer authority to the Secretary of the Interior for the archiving of land remote-sensing data; and (6) the Secretary of the Interior should explore ways to facilitate the use of archived data for research purposes consistent with other provisions of the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984. (b) Provision of Unenhanced Data.— Section 402(b)(4) of the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4242(b)(4)) is amended by inserting “of the Interior” immediately after “Secretary”. (c) Archiving of Data.— Section 602 of the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4272) is amended— (1) in subsections (b), (c), (d), (f), and (g), by inserting “of the Interior” immediately after “Secretary” each place it appears; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(h) in carrying out the functions of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Secretary to ensure that archiving activities are consistent with the terms and conditions of any contract or agreement entered into under title II, III, or V of this Act and with any license issued under title IV of this Act.”.