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TITLE VI—PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF
WEATHER SATELLITES
SEC. 601. PROHIBITION. [citation in margin: “15 USC 5671”]
Neither the President nor any other official of the Government shall make any effort
to lease, sell, or transfer to the private sector, or commercialize, any portion of the weather
satellite systems operated by the Department of Commerce or any successor agency.
SEC. 602. FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS. [citation in margin: “15 USC 5672”]
Regardless of any change in circumstances subsequent to the enactment of this Act,
even if such change makes it appear to be in the national interest to commercialize weather
satellites, neither the President nor any official shall take any action prohibited by section
601 unless this title has first been repealed.
Approved October 28,1992.
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OBSERVING THE EARTH FROM SPACE
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6133:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1992):
Oct. 5, considered and passed House.
Oct. 7, considered and passed Senate.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 28 (1992):
Oct. 28, Presidential statement.
Document II-41
Document title: George E. Brown, Jr., Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, to John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the
President, Office of Science and Technology Policy, August 9, 1993.
Document II-42
Document title: John Deutch, Under Secretary of Defense, to George E. Brown, Jr.,
Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of
Representatives, December 9, 1993.
Document II-43
Document title: John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, to
George E. Brown, Jr., Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S.
House of Representatives, December 10, 1993.
Document II-44
Document title: George E. Brown, Jr., Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, to John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the
President, Office of Science and Technology Policy, December 14, 1993.
Source: All in NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.