H.R. 2261 — what changed
Commercial Remote Sensing Act of 2015
From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 2 sections amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.
Sec. 2 Annual reporting
In general— Subchapter III of chapter 601 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“60126. Annual reporting
“The Secretary shall provide a report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Commercial Remote Sensing Act of 2015 and annually thereafter on—
“(1) the Secretary’s implementation of section 60121, including—
“(A) a list of all applications received in the previous calendar year;
“(B) a list of all applications approved;
“(C) a list of all applications denied;
“(D) a list of all applications that required additional information; and
“(E) a list of all applications whose disposition exceeded the 120 day deadline established in section 60121(c), the total days overdue for applications that exceeded such deadline, and an explanation for the delay;
“(2) all notifications and information provided to the Secretary pursuant to section 60122; and
“(3) all actions taken by the Secretary under the administrative authority granted by section 60123(a)(4), (5), and (6).”
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Clerical amendment— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 601 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 60125 the following new item:
Sec. 3 Statutory update report
changed Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing, shall report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on statutory updates necessary to protect national security, protect privacy (which is not to be taken as altering any condition or standards for licensing), protect the United States industrial base, and reflect the current state of the art of remote sensing systems, instruments, or technologies.