REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES.

SEC. 8632. [16 U.S.C. 1642 note] REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES. The Chief of the Forest Service shall— (1) continue to find efficiencies in the operations of the forest inventory and analysis program under section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1642(e)) through the improved use and integration of advanced remote sensing technologies to provide estimates for State- and national-level inventories, where appropriate; and (2) partner with States and other interested stakeholders to carry out the program described in paragraph (1).