51 USC § 60132 - Availability of federally gathered unenhanced data

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s60132"
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title: "51 USC § 60132 - Availability of federally gathered unenhanced data"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "60132"
section_name: "Availability of federally gathered unenhanced data"
chapter_number: 601
chapter_name: "LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3417.)"
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# § 60132. Availability of federally gathered unenhanced data

**(a)** **In General.—** All unenhanced land remote sensing data gathered and owned by the United States Government, including unenhanced data gathered under the technology demonstration program carried out pursuant to section 60133 of this title, shall be made available to users in a timely fashion.

**(b)** **Protection for Commercial Data Distributor.—** The President shall seek to ensure that unenhanced data gathered under the technology demonstration program carried out pursuant to section 60133 of this title shall, to the extent practicable, be made available on terms that would not adversely affect the commercial market for unenhanced data gathered by the Landsat 6 spacecraft.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3417.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 60132 | 15 U.S.C. 5632. | Pub. L. 102–555, title III, § 302, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4174. |

In subsection (b), the word “affect” is substituted for “effect” to correct an error in the law.