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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2390

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) 

to establish a Geospatial Management Office within the Department 

of Homeland Security to establish and maintain geospatial preparedness 

for homeland security purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 6, 2004

Mr. AKAKA introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 

A BILL

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

101 et seq.) to establish a Geospatial Management Office 

within the Department of Homeland Security to establish 

and maintain geospatial preparedness for homeland security purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeland Security 

5 Geospatial Information Act of 2004’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 
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1 (1) geospatial technologies and geospatial data 

2 improve government capabilities to detect, plan, pre3 pare, and respond to disasters in order to save lives 

4 and protect property; 

5 (2) spatial data improves the ability of informa6 tion technology applications and systems to enhance 

7 public security in a cost-effective manner; and 

8 (3) geospatial preparedness in the United 

9 States is insufficient because of— 

10 (A) inadequate geospatial data compat11 ibility; 

12 (B) insufficient geospatial data sharing; 

13 (C) technology interoperability barriers; 

14 (D) institutional and organizational resist15 ance to new ways of doing business; and 

16 (E) insufficient geospatial data collection 

17 and sharing. 

18 SEC. 3. HOMELAND SECURITY GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION. 

19 Section 703 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

20 (6 U.S.C. 342) is amended— 

21 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 

22 ‘‘The Chief Information’’; and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(b) GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION FUNCTIONS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

2 ‘geospatial information’ means collecting, storing, re3 trieving, or disseminating graphical or digital data 

4 depicting natural or manmade physical features, 

5 phenomena, or boundaries of the earth and any re6 lated information, including surveys, maps, charts, 

7 remote sensing data and images, and aerial photo8 graphic services, with services performed by profes9 sionals such as surveyors, photogrammetrists, hy10 drographers, geodesists, cartographers, and other 

11 such services of an architectural or engineering na12 ture. 

13 ‘‘(2) OFFICE OF GEOSPATIAL MANAGEMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Office of 

15 Geospatial Management is established within 

16 the Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

17 ‘‘(B) GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION OFFI18 CER.— 

19 ‘‘(i) APPOINTMENT.—The Office of 

20 Geospatial Management shall be adminis21 tered by the Geospatial Information Offi22 cer, who shall be appointed by the Sec23 retary and serve under the direction of the 

24 Chief Information Officer. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 

2 Geospatial Information Officer shall— 

3 ‘‘(I) manage the geospatial infor4 mation needs and activities of the De5 partment; 

6 ‘‘(II) design and implement com7 prehensive geospatial initiatives for 

8 homeland security purposes, including 

9 the provision of grants to fund the 

10 creation of data and the execution of 

11 information sharing agreements with 

12 State and local governments; and 

13 ‘‘(III) in cooperation with the 

14 Federal Geographic Data Committee, 

15 coordinate and use geospatial infor16 mation for the use and enhancement 

17 of the national spatial data infrastruc18 ture for homeland security purposes. 

19 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

20 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

21 as may be necessary to carry out this subsection for 

22 each fiscal year.’’. 
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1 SEC. 4. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION OF 

2 GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION. 

3 The Intergovernmental Board of Directors of the 

4 Geospatial One Stop Project shall include the Department 

5 of Homeland Security as a member. The Geospatial Infor6 mation Officer shall be the representative of the Depart7 ment of Homeland Security.

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