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 124 STAT. 3412 PUBLIC LAW 111–314—DEC. 18, 2010 (4) provide for a technology demonstration program whose objective shall be the demonstration of advanced land remote sensing technologies that may potentially yield a system which is less expensive to build and operate, and more responsive to data users, than is the current Landsat system. (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Landsat Program Management shall be responsible for— (1) Landsat 7 procurement, launch, and operations; (2) ensuring that the operation of the Landsat system is responsive to the broad interests of the civilian, national secu- rity, commercial, and foreign users of the Landsat system; (3) ensuring that all unenhanced Landsat data remain unclassified and that, except as provided in subsections (a) and (b) of section 60146 of this title, no restrictions are placed on the availability of unenhanced data; (4) ensuring that land remote sensing data of high priority locations will be acquired by the Landsat 7 system as required to meet the needs of the United States Global Change Research Program, as established in the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2921 et seq.), and to meet the needs of national security users; (5) Landsat data responsibilities pursuant to this chapter; (6) oversight of Landsat contracts entered into under sections 102 and 103 of the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–555, 106 Stat. 4168); (7) coordination of a technology demonstration program pursuant to section 60133 of this title; and (8) ensuring that copies of data acquired by the Landsat system are provided to the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive. (d) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT.—The Landsat Program Manage- ment may, subject to appropriations and only under the existing contract authority of the United States Government agencies that compose the Landsat Program Management, enter into contracts with the private sector for services such as satellite operations and data preprocessing. (e) LANDSAT ADVISORY PROCESS.— (1) ADVICE AND COMMENTS.—The Landsat Program Manage- ment shall seek impartial advice and comments regarding the status, effectiveness, and operation of the Landsat system, using existing advisory committees and other appropriate mechanisms. Such advice shall be sought from individuals who represent— (A) a broad range of perspectives on basic and applied science and operational needs with respect to land remote sensing data; (B) the full spectrum of users of Landsat data, including representatives from United States Government agencies, State and local government agencies, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, value-added companies, the agri- cultural, mineral extraction, and other user industries, and the public; and (C) a broad diversity of age groups, sexes, and races. (2) REPORTS.—The Landsat Program Management shall pre- pare and submit biennially a report to Congress which— (A) reports the public comments received pursuant to paragraph (1); and