A bill to develop and establish an Earth Resources and Environmental Information System; to direct the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to continue research and development and to establish the space segment of the System; to direct the Department of the Interior to establish the data handling segment of the System.
Earth Resources and Environmental Information System Act - Title I: Earth Resources and Environmental Information System; Policies and Management - States the policies and purposes of this Act.
Title II: Establishment of the Earth Resources and Environmental Information System - Establishes an Earth Resources and Environmental Information System, consisting of a "space segment" and a "data handling segment", to provide data and information on the resources and environment of the Earth to both domestic and foreign users.
Title III: Federal Coordination and Planning - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President to oversee and coordinate, for research and development, the validation and operational phases of the system.
Requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish and operate the space segment of the System, including replacement of satellites, to complete validation of the System, and to insure that other countries can acquire data from such segment.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish and operate the data handling segment of the System.
Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences.
Pursuant to S. Res. 4, Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences abolished.
Rereferred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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