---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 60304"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "60304"
heading: "Program evaluation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/60304"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Earth Observations"
  - "Chapter 603 — Remote Sensing"
---

# §60304. Program evaluation

- (a) **Advisory Committee.—** The [Administrator](/usc/51/10101.md?p=2) shall establish an advisory committee, consisting of individuals with appropriate expertise in State, local, regional, and tribal agencies, the university research community, and the remote sensing and other [geospatial information](/usc/51/60301.md?p=1) industries, to monitor the program established under [section 60303 of this title](/usc/51/60303.md). The advisory committee shall consult with the Federal Geographic Data Committee and other appropriate industry representatives and organizations. Notwithstanding [section 1013 of title 5](/usc/5/1013.md), the advisory committee established under this subsection shall remain in effect until the termination of the program under [section 60303 of this title](/usc/51/60303.md).
- (b) **Effectiveness Evaluation.—** Not later than December 31, 2009, the [Administrator](/usc/51/10101.md?p=2) shall transmit to Congress an evaluation of the effectiveness of the program established under [section 60303 of this title](/usc/51/60303.md) in exploring and promoting the integrated use of sources of remote sensing and other [geospatial information](/usc/51/60301.md?p=1) to address State, local, regional, and tribal agency needs. Such evaluation shall have been conducted by an independent entity.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3424; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(326), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4341.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 60304 | 42 U.S.C. 16674. | Pub. L. 109–155, title III, § 314, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2921. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “section 1013 of title 5,” for “section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C.),”.