---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 60306"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "60306"
heading: "Education"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/60306"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Earth Observations"
  - "Chapter 603 — Remote Sensing"
---

# §60306. Education


The [Administrator](/usc/51/10101.md?p=2) shall establish an educational outreach program to increase awareness at institutions of higher education and State, local, regional, and tribal agencies of the potential applications of remote sensing and other [geospatial information](/usc/51/60301.md?p=1) and awareness of the need for geospatial workforce development.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3424.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 60306 | 42 U.S.C. 16676. | Pub. L. 109–155, title III, § 316, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2922. |