51 U.S.C. § 60113 — Data policy for Landsat 7

ensure that unenhanced data^* are available to all users at the cost of fulfilling user requests^*;

ensure timely and dependable delivery of unenhanced data to the full spectrum of civilian, national security, commercial, and foreign users and the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive^*;

ensure that the United States retains ownership of all unenhanced data generated by Landsat 7;

support the development of the commercial market for remote sensing data;

ensure that the provision of commercial value-added services based on remote sensing data remains exclusively the function of the private sector; and

to the extent possible, ensure that the data distribution system for Landsat 7 is compatible with the Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

United States private sector entities to operate ground receiving stations in the United States for Landsat 7 data;

other means for direct access by private sector entities to unenhanced data from Landsat 7; and

the United States Government to charge a per image fee, license fee, or other such fee to entities operating ground receiving stations or distributing Landsat 7 data.