Remote Sensing Applications Act of 2004
Latest action · Feb 18, 2004 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 243.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 13, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Remote Sensing Applications Act of 2004 - (Sec. 4) Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish a program of grants for pilot projects to explore the integrated use of sources of remote sensing and other geospatial information to address State, local, regional, and tribal agency needs. Requires the Administrator, in awarding grants, to give preference to specified types of projects.
Requires the Administrator to seek opportunities to assist: (1) in the development of commercial applications potentially available from the remote sensing industry; (2) State, local, regional, and tribal agencies in applying remote sensing and geospatial information technologies for growth management; and (3) such agencies in obtaining and utilizing satellite, aviation, and sensor capabilities for wildland fire detection, analysis, and observation.
Limits the provision of assistance for a project to three years. Requires each grant recipient to: (1) report project results to the Administrator; and (2) conduct at least one workshop for potential users to disseminate the lessons learned from the project.
(Sec. 5) Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory committee to monitor the program. Instructs the advisory committee to consult with the Federal Geographic Data Committee and other industry representatives and organizations.
Requires the Administrator to transmit to Congress an independent evaluation of program effectiveness.
(Sec. 6) Directs the Administrator to ensure that project results are retrievable through an Internet-accessible database.
(Sec. 7) Requires the Administrator to 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 geospatial information.
(Sec. 8) Requires the Administrator to study and transmit results to Congress on the effect of remote sensing imagery costs on potential State, local, regional, and tribal agency applications. Requires such study to identify applications that are likely to be most affected by reductions in the cost of remote sensing imagery.
(Sec. 9) Directs NASA to submit a report to Congress on how agencies are implementing recommendations contained in the General Accounting Office report entitled "Geospatial Information: Technologies Hold Promise for Wildland Fire Management, but Challenges Remain" (September 2003).
(Sec. 10) Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2003 to Feb 4, 2004; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Original | Mar 13, 2003 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| R-PA | Curt Weldon | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Feb 4, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2003Markup Feb 4, 2004Reported Feb 18, 2004 |
| Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee | Referred Apr 28, 2003Markup Oct 8, 2003Reported Oct 8, 2003 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 18, 2004Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science. H. Rept. 108-423. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
- Feb 18, 2004Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 243.
- Feb 11, 2004Mr. Boehlert asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Science have until 5:00 p.m. on Feb. 18 to file a report on H.R. 1292. Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 4, 2004Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 4, 2004Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Oct 8, 2003Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 8, 2003Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Apr 28, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
- Mar 13, 2003Introduced in House
- Mar 13, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E457)
- Mar 13, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Science.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E457 | Mark Udall D-CO | Mar 13, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Feb 9, 2004H.R. 1292, Remote Sensing Applications Act of 2004<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on February 4, 2004</p>
- Feb 9, 2004H.R. 1292, Remote Sensing Applications Act of 2004Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on February 4, 2004
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2151 | Remote Sensing Applications Act of 2004 | Text similarities | Mar 1, 2004 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To encourage the development and integrated use by the public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Remote Sensing Applications Act of 2003
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Remote Sensing Applications Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Colleges
- Commercialization
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost accounting
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic government information
- Emergency Management
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fire prevention
- Forest fires
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Higher education
- Internet
- Land use
- Minorities
- Planning
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Remote sensing
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Space activities
- Urban affairs
- Urban growth
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 18, 2004Reported in House
- Mar 13, 2003Introduced in House
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