; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Consideration In carrying out the strategic implementation plan under subsection (a), the Director shall take into account and incorporate into such plan, as appropriate, purchasing Earth observation data and services from the private sector or through public-private partnerships to meet Earth observation requirements. . 303. Land imaging (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the continuous collection and utilization of land remote sensing data from space are of major benefit in studying and understanding human impacts on the global environment, in managing the Earth’s natural resources, in carrying out national security functions, and in planning and conducting many other activities of scientific, economic, and social importance; and (2) to the greatest extent practicable, the United States should foster the development of U.S. private sector remote sensing capabilities and analyses that can satisfy the public interest in long-term continuous collection of medium-resolution land remote sensing data. (b) Continuous land remote sensing data collection (1) In general Subchapter IV of chapter 601 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 60135. Continuous land remote sensing data collection (a) Policy It is the policy of the United States to— (1) ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, the continuous collection of space-based, medium-resolution observations of the Earth’s land cover; (2) ensure that the collected data are made available in such ways as to facilitate the widest possible use