51 USC § 60113 - Data policy for Landsat 7

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s60113"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "51 USC § 60113 - Data policy for Landsat 7"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "60113"
section_name: "Data policy for Landsat 7"
chapter_number: 601
chapter_name: "LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "LANDSAT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3413.)"
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# § 60113. Data policy for Landsat 7

**(a)** **Landsat 7 Data Policy.—** The Landsat Program Management, in consultation with other appropriate United States Government agencies, shall develop a data policy for Landsat 7 which should—

**(1)** ensure that unenhanced data are available to all users at the cost of fulfilling user requests;

**(2)** ensure timely and dependable delivery of unenhanced data to the full spectrum of civilian, national security, commercial, and foreign users and the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive;

**(3)** ensure that the United States retains ownership of all unenhanced data generated by Landsat 7;

**(4)** support the development of the commercial market for remote sensing data;

**(5)** ensure that the provision of commercial value-added services based on remote sensing data remains exclusively the function of the private sector; and

**(6)** to the extent possible, ensure that the data distribution system for Landsat 7 is compatible with the Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

**(b)** **Additional Data Policy Considerations.—** In addition, the data policy for Landsat 7 may provide for—

**(1)** United States private sector entities to operate ground receiving stations in the United States for Landsat 7 data;

**(2)** other means for direct access by private sector entities to unenhanced data from Landsat 7; and

**(3)** the United States Government to charge a per image fee, license fee, or other such fee to entities operating ground receiving stations or distributing Landsat 7 data.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3413.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 60113 | 15 U.S.C. 5615(a), (b). | Pub. L. 102–555, title I, § 105(a), (b), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4170. |