TITLE III RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION SEC. 301. CONTINUED FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. (a) ROLES OF NASA AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.- (1) The Administrator and the Secretary of Defense are directed to continue and to enhance programs of remote sensing research and development. (2) The Administrator is authorized and encouraged to- (A) conduct experimental space remote sensing programs (including applications demonstration programs and basic research at universities); (B) develop remote sensing technologies and techniques, including those needed for monitoring the Earth and its environment; and (C) conduct such research and development in cooperation with other United States Government agencies and with public and private research entities (including private industry, universities, non-profit organizations, State and local governments, foreign governments, and international organizations) and to enter into arrangements (including joint ventures) which will foster such cooperation. (b) ROLES OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.- (A) In order to enhance the ability of the United States to manage and utilize its renewable and nonrenewable resources, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are authorized and encouraged to conduct programs of research and development in the applications of remote sensing using funds appropriated for such purposes. (B) Such programs may include basic research at universities, demonstrations of applications, and cooperative activities involving other Government agencies, private sector parties, and foreign and international organizations. (c) ROLE OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.-Other United States Government agencies are authorized and encouraged to conduct research and development on the use of remote sensing in the fulfillment of their authorized missions, using funds appropriated for such purposes. SEC. 302. AVAILABILITY OF FEDERALLY GATHERED UNENHANCED DATA. (a) GENERAL RULE.-All unenhanced land remote sensing data gathered and owned by the United States Government, including unenhanced data gathered under the technology demonstration program carried out pursuant to section 303, shall be made available to users in a timely fashion. (b) PROTECTION FOR COMMERCIAL DATA DISTRIBUTOR.-The President shall seek to ensure that unenhanced data gathered under the technology demonstration program carried out pursuant to section 303 shall, to the extent practicable, be made available on terms that would not adversely effect the commercial market for unenhanced data gathered by the Landsat 6 spacecraft. SEC. 303. TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.-As a fundamental component of a national land remote sensing strategy, the President shall establish, through appropriate United States Government agencies, a technology demonstration program. The goals of such programs shall be to- (1) seek to launch advanced land remote sensing system components within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) demonstrate within such 5-year period advanced sensor capabilities suitable for use in the anticipated land remote sensing program; and (3) demonstrate within such 5-year period an advanced land remote sensing system design that could be less expensive to procure and operate than the Landsat system projected to be in operation through the year 2000, and that therefore holds greater potential for private sector investment and control. (b) EXECUTION OF PROGRAM.-In executing the technology demonstration program, the President shall seek to apply technologies associated with United States National Technical Means of intelligence gathering, to the extent that such technologies are appropriate for the technology demonstration and can be declassified for such purposes without causing adverse harm to United States national security interests. (c) BROAD APPLICATION.-To the greatest extent practicable, the technology demonstration program established under subsection (a) shall be designed to be responsive to the broad civilian, national security, commercial, and foreign policy needs of the United States. (d) PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING.-The technology demonstration program under this section may be carried out in part with private sector funding. (e) LANDSAT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT COORDINATION.-The Landsat Program Management shall have a coordinating role in the technology demonstration program carried out under this section. (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-The President shall assess the progress of the technology demonstration program under this section and, within 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit a report to the Congress on such progress.