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 PUBLIC LAW 108–136—NOV. 24, 2003

117 STAT. 1579

SEC. 926. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE LIVING QUARTERS FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS IN COOPERATIVE AND SUMMER EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.

Section 2195 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(d)(1) The Director of the National Security Agency may provide a qualifying employee of a defense laboratory of that Agency with living quarters at no charge, or at a rate or charge prescribed by the Director by regulation, without regard to section 5911(c) of title 5. ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘qualifying employee’ means a student who is employed at the National Security Agency under— ‘‘(A) a Student Educational Employment Program of the Agency conducted under this section or any other provision of law; or ‘‘(B) a similar cooperative or summer education program of the Agency that meets the criteria for Federal cooperative or summer education programs prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.’’. SEC. 927. COMMERCIAL IMAGERY INDUSTRIAL BASE.

(a) REQUIREMENT.—Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2004 for the acquisition, processing, and licensing of imagery from commercial sources (including amounts authorized to be appropriated under that title for experimentation related to such imagery), not less than 90 percent shall be used for the following purposes: (1) Acquisition of space-based imagery from commercial sources. (2) Support for the development of next-generation commercial imagery satellites. (3) Support for infrastructure improvements that meet unique requirements related to commercial imagery. (b) WAIVER.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that the waiver is in the national security interest of the United States. Any such waiver shall be made in consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence. (2) If the Secretary makes the waiver authorized by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, within 30 days of issuing the waiver, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the following: (A) The Secretary’s reasons for determining that the waiver is in the national security interest of the United States. (B) The Secretary’s plan for use of the amount referred to in subsection (a). (c) REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRESIDENT’S COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING POLICY.—(1) Not later than March 1, 2004, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the actions taken, and to be taken, by the Secretary to implement the President’s policy issued on May 13, 2003, with the title ‘‘U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy’’. The Secretary shall consult with the Director of Central Intelligence in preparing the report. (2) The report under paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of the following matters:

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