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HR 4969 107th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Alaska Authorization Data banks Department of the Interior Earth resources satellites Economics and Public Finance Energy Government Operations and Politics National Aeronautics and Space Administration Prospecting Public Lands and Natural Resources Remote sensing South Dakota Space activities

To authorize funding for the development, launch, and operation of a Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite in support of a national energy policy.

Introduced: June 19, 2002 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Jun 27, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
Jun 27, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jun 19, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 19, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Authorizes appropriations to: (1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the development and deployment of a multifrequency Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite in support of a national energy policy; and (2) the U.S. Geological Survey for Command, Control, Data Processing, Archiving, and Distribution of data from the satellite through the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and through the Alaska Synthetic Aperture Radar Facility of the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska/Fairbanks.
What's happening now June 27, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4969: To authorize funding for the development, launch, and operation of a Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite in support of a national energy policy.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4969/
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"H.R. 4969: To authorize funding for the development, launch, and operation of a Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite in support of a national energy policy.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4969/.
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H.R. 4969, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4969/.
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[H.R. 4969: To authorize funding for the development, launch, and operation of a Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite in support of a national energy policy.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4969/)
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