US Congress House Bill 1604 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 17 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-12-05 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Map It Once, Use It Many Times Act - Establishes the National Geospatial Technology Administration in the Department of the Interior. Directs the Administrator of the National Geospatial Technology Administration to: (1) establish a National Geospatial Database of all U.S. owned or managed lands (including public lands), Indian trust parcels, and non-federal lands in each state; (2) provide a return on investment analysis and an economic benefit assessment of the Database; and (3) provide data to heads of federal agencies to determine if any U.S. owned or managed property could be better managed through ownership by a non-federal entity. Requires the Administrator to implement the recommendations of the National Geospatial Data Plan developed by the National Geospatial Policy Commission established by this Act. Requires the Administrator to promulgate standards for ensuring the interoperability of geospatial data collected by or with the support of the federal government. Transfers to the Administrator all geospatial functions vested by law in the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) with respect to the National Forest System, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Sets forth provisions for the acquisition of geospatial data, as specified, from public and commercial sources. Requires the Commission to identify in the Plan each geospatial activity performed by the federal government that: (1) is unnecessary and provide for its elimination, or (2) may be converted to performance by a private geospatial firm or a state or local government. Specifies, subject to stated exceptions, that all federal contracts for the performance of a geospatial activity include: (1) a condition that the activity be performed in the United States, and (2) a written certification that the funding will not be used for activities performed outside the United States. Directs the Administrator to develop: (1) a strategy for encouraging the use of private geospatial firms by federal agencies and other entities that receive federal funding, including foreign governments; (2) a Geospatial Research Plan to provide for U.S. investment in geospatial research and development activities; and (3) policy directives for the implementation of such activities.

Map It Once, Use It Many Times Act

Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-12-05	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2013-06-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
2013-05-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
2013-04-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2013-04-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2013-04-17	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2013-04-17	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2013-04-17	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2013-04-17	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2013-04-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1604/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1604/BILLS-113hr1604ih.pdf