,,iv  #aaf? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,h4 ,,res4 #abbi  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(    
,,repres5tatives  ,novemb] #ai1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,curtis submitt$ ! foll[+     
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,sci5ce1 ,space1 & ,te*nology       
,,resolution  ,express+ support = !     
designation ( ,novemb] #ah1 #bjbj1 z    
,national ,,gis ,day4  ,:]eas           
,geographic ,in=mation ,sy/em te*nology 
7ref]r$ to 9 ?is resolution z ,,gis7    
embraces new & innovative ways to use1  
discov]1 & %>e geospatial data ?r\gh    
onl9e portals & web s]vices2 ,:]eas !   
managem5t1 use1 & ex*ange ( geographic  
in=mation & geospatial data & analysis  
are ess5tial = op]ations & decisionmak+ 
9 ,f$]al ag5cies2 ,:]eas ,,gis          
facilitates ! %>+ ( geographic data1    
s]vices1 & maps ?r\gh onl9e portals su* 
z ,geo,platform4gov & o!r relevant      
,f$]al data portals2 ,:]eas ,,gis helps 
provide %>$ & tru/$ geospatial data1    
s]vices1 & applications = use by-- 7#a7 
! public2  7#b7 gov]nm5t ag5cies &      

p>tn]s ( gov]nm5t ag5cies to meet _!    
mission goals2 &  7#c7 ,/ate1 ,tribal1  
c\nty1 & municipal gov]nm5ts2 ,:]eas    
,,gis fo/]s collaboration & p>tn]%ips 9 
! advancem5t ( ! ,national ,spatial     
,data ,infra/ructure 7ref]r$ to 9 ?is   
resolution z ,,nsdi72 ,:]eas ,,gis      
provides a common framework = ! ,f$]al  
,gov]nm5t1 ,/ate1 ,tribal1 & local      
gov]nm5ts1 non-,f$]al p>tn]s1           
communities1 con/itu5ts1 pr(essional    
bodies = /&>ds1 data catalogs1          
p>tn]%ips1 & tools t make up ! ,,nsdi2  
,:]eas ,,gis is a critical tool us$ by  
public heal? (ficials at ! local1       
national1 & global levels 9 !           
surveillance & model+ (1 & response to1 
public heal? em]g5cies1 includ+ !       
,,covid-#ai p&emic2 ,:]eas ,,gis is us$ 
to inve/igate & address environm5tal    
issues1 includ+-- 7#a7 wildl& fire      
mitigation & suppression2  7#b7 volcanic
 activity2  7#c7 coa/l9e degradation2 & 
7#d7 e>?quake impacts & haz>ds2 ,:]eas  
,,gis is us$ to locate & prioritize     

broadb& deploym5t to rural & o!r        
und]s]v$ ,am]icans2 ,:]eas ,,gis is an  
int]discipl9>y tool us$ by /ud5ts1      
tea*]s1 rese>*]s1 univ]sities1 &        
practition]s 9 num]\s fields &          
discipl9es2 ,:]eas ,,gis & relat$       
geospatial te*nologies are us$ 9        
classrooms to engage /ud5ts 9 sci5ce1   
te*nology1 eng9e]+1 & ma!matics 7,,/em7 
le>n+2 ,:]eas ,,gis fo/]s competition )9
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is consid]$ a high-gr[? indu/ry by !    
,dep>tm5t ( ,labor2 ,:]eas ,f$]al       
ag5cies rely ^u & use ! private sector 9
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geospatial data & ,,gis s]vices2 &      
,:]eas _m ,f$]al ag5cies1 ,/ate & local 
gov]nm5t ag5cies1 nonpr(it              
organizations1 s*ools1 libr>ies1 &      
univ]sities jo9 ) o!rs ar\nd ! _w to    
%[case _! ,,gis mapp+ & geospatial      
applications on ,novemb] #ah1 #bjbj3    
,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,h\se (           
,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 supports !       
designation ( ,national ,,gis ,day2 &   

7#b7 enc\rages us]s ( ,,gis te*nology1  
educators1 /ud5ts1 & innovators to      
cont9ue to employ ,,gis to-- 7,a7 le>n &
 explore2  7,b7 analyze & address       
societal1 environm5tal1 & o!r *all5ges2 
&  7,c7 drive economic gr[? = ! bett]m5t
 ( ! p ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates & individuals  
ar\nd ! _w4