---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 60302"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "60302"
heading: "General responsibilities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/60302"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Earth Observations"
  - "Chapter 603 — Remote Sensing"
---

# §60302. General responsibilities


The [Administrator](/usc/51/10101.md?p=2) shall—

- (1) develop a sustained relationship with the United States commercial remote sensing industry and, consistent with applicable policies and law, to the maximum practicable, rely on their services; and
- (2) in conjunction with United States industry and universities, research, develop, and demonstrate prototype Earth science applications to enhance Federal, State, local, and tribal governments’ use of government and commercial remote sensing data, technologies, and other sources of [geospatial information](/usc/51/60301.md?p=1) for improved decision support to address their needs.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3423.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 60302 | 42 U.S.C. 16672. | Pub. L. 109–155, title III, § 312, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2920. |