H. R. 6219, known as the "Accessing Satellite Data to Enable New Discoveries Act" or the "ASCEND Act," requires NASA's Administrator to create a program for acquiring and sharing commercial Earth remote sensing data and imagery. This data will be used to meet NASA's...
Simple Explanation
NASA wants to start a new project where they buy pictures of Earth taken from space. These pictures will help NASA learn more and help others too. They mostly want to get these pictures from companies in the U.S. and promise to tell Congress every year how they're doing.