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HR 6970 110th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Economics and Public Finance Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Remote sensing Space activities

AmericaView Authorization Act

Introduced: September 18, 2008 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 25, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Sep 18, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 18, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

AmericaView Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to: (1) maintain a nationwide AmericaView Program to advance the availability, distribution, and use of remote sensing data (information acquired from above the surface of the Earth by satellite or airplane) and technology in each state; (2) maintain AmericaView (the national nonprofit collaboration of StateView participants cooperating with the EROS Data Center to achieve the purposes of the AmericaView Program) in each state to develop publicly accessible remote sensing data archive and distribution infrastructure and expand remote sensing education, research, and knowledge; (3) award annual grants to sustain and develop StateView programs (the AmericaView programs of an individual states, comprised of educational institutions and state and local governments); and (4) maintain an advisory committee to advise the USGS Director about the AmericaView Program.

What's happening now September 25, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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