Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984

Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984
Long title	An Act to establish a system to promote the use of land remote-sensing satellite data, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	LRSCA
Enacted by	the 98th United States Congress
Effective	July 17, 1984
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 98–365
Statutes at Large	98 Stat. 451
Codification
Titles amended	15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections created	15 U.S.C. ch. 68 § 4201 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 5155 by Don Fuqua (D–FL) on March 15, 1984; Committee consideration by House Science and Technology, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Passed the House on April 9, 1984 (Passed Voice Vote); Passed the Senate on June 8, 1984 (Passed Voice Vote) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on June 28, 1984 (Agreed Unanimous Consent) with further amendment; Senate agreed to House amendment on June 29, 1984 (Agreed Voice Vote); Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on July 17, 1984;

The Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 is a United States statute establishing a system to further the utilization of satellite imagery data obtained from Earth observation satellites located in a geocentric orbit above the atmosphere of Earth.

The H.R. 5155 legislation was passed by the 98th U.S. Congressional session and enacted into law by the 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan on July 17, 1984.^[1]

^ Reagan, Ronald W. (July 17, 1984). "Statement on Signing the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 - July 17, 1984". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 1052–1053.