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{{Short description|US statute dealing with use of satellite imagery data}}
{{Infobox U.S. legislation
| shorttitle = Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984
| othershorttitles = 
| longtitle = An Act to establish a system to promote the use of land remote-sensing satellite data, and for other purposes.
| colloquialacronym = LRSCA
| nickname = 
| enacted by = 98th
| effective date = July 17, 1984
| public law url = 
| cite public law = {{uspl|98|365}}
| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|98|451}}
| acts amended = 
| acts repealed = 
| title amended = 15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
| sections created = {{Usc-title-chap|15|68}} § 4201 et seq.
| sections amended = 
| leghisturl = http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d098:HR05155:@@@R
| introducedin = House
| introducedbill = {{USBill|98|H.R.|5155}}
| introducedby = Don Fuqua (D–FL)
| introduceddate = March 15, 1984
| committees = House Science and Technology, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
| passedbody1 = House
| passeddate1 = April 9, 1984
| passedvote1 = Passed Voice Vote
| passedbody2 = Senate
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| passeddate2 = June 8, 1984
| passedvote2 = Passed Voice Vote
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| agreedbody3 = House
| agreeddate3 = June 28, 1984
| agreedvote3 = Agreed Unanimous Consent
| agreedbody4 = Senate
| agreeddate4 = June 29, 1984
| agreedvote4 = Agreed Voice Vote
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| signedpresident = Ronald Reagan
| signeddate = July 17, 1984
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The '''Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984''' is a United States statute establishing a system to further the utilization of [[Astronomy:Satellite imagery|satellite imagery]] data obtained from [[Astronomy:Earth observation satellite|Earth observation satellite]]s located in a [[Astronomy:Geocentric orbit|geocentric orbit]] above the [[Earth:Atmosphere of Earth|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4732348.1984.002.umich.edu/page/1052 |title=Statement on Signing the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 - July 17, 1984 |last=Reagan |first=Ronald W. |date=July 17, 1984 |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |pages=1052-1053}}</ref>

==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 [[Astronomy:Landsat program|Landsat program]] and [[Astronomy:Space law|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.
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==Repeal of Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984==
The Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act was repealed by the enactment of the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-106/pdf/STATUTE-106-Pg4163.pdf |title=Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 ~ P.L. 102-555 |date=October 28, 1992 |series=106 Stat. 4163 ~ House Bill 6133 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/6133 |title=H.R. 6133 ~ Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 |date=October 5, 1992 |series=P.L. 102-555 ~ 106 Stat. 4163 |publisher=Congress.gov}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4733026.1992.002.umich.edu/page/2058 |title=Statement on Signing the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 - October 28, 1992 |last=Bush |first=George H.W. |date=October 28, 1992 |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |page=2058}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Organization:Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science|Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science]]
*[[Astronomy:Commercial use of space|Commercial use of space]]
*[[Astronomy:Copernicus Programme|Copernicus Programme]]
*[[Astronomy:Earth Observing System|Earth Observing System]]
*[[Earth:Ocean Surface Topography Mission|Ocean Surface Topography Mission]]
*[[Astronomy:Satellite crop monitoring|Satellite crop monitoring]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.gao.gov/assets/140/139689.pdf |title=Costs and Uses of Remote Sensing Satellites |date=March 4, 1983 |website=U.S. GAO ~ RCED-83-111 |publisher=U.S. Government Accountability Office}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.gao.gov/assets/150/141203.pdf |title=Effects on Users of Commercializing Landsat and the Weather Satellites |date=February 24, 1984 |website=U.S. GAO ~ RCED-84-93 |publisher=U.S. Government Accountability Office}}


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