I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4233 
To establish the National Geospatial Technology Administration within the 
United States Geological Survey to enhance the use of geospatial data, 
products, technology, and services, to increase the economy and efficiency 
of Federal geospatial activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 21, 2012 
Mr. LAMBORN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Over-
sight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, and Ag-
riculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the National Geospatial Technology Administra-
tion within the United States Geological Survey to en-
hance the use of geospatial data, products, technology, 
and services, to increase the economy and efficiency of 
Federal geospatial activities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Map It Once, Use It Many Times Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Purposes. 
Sec. 4. Definitions. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 101. Definitions. 
Sec. 102. National Geospatial Technology Administration. 
Sec. 103. Establishment and maintenance of National Geospatial Database. 
Sec. 104. Reorganization of geospatial and land management activities. 
Sec. 105. Promulgation of standards for Federal geospatial data. 
Sec. 106. Protection of geospatial data. 
Sec. 107. Assumption of geospatial functions of other Federal agencies. 
Sec. 108. Acquisition of geospatial data from public sources. 
Sec. 109. Acquisition of geospatial data from commercial sources. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL POLICY COMMISSION 
Sec. 201. Establishment; primary duties. 
Sec. 202. Requirements for National Geospatial Data Plan. 
Sec. 203. Membership. 
TITLE III—CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE OF FEDERAL 
GEOSPATIAL ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 301. Policy. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Sec. 303. Conversion to contractor performance. 
Sec. 304. Requirement for performance in United States. 
TITLE IV—ENCOURAGING PRIVATE ENTERPRISE 
Sec. 401. Findings; purposes. 
Sec. 402. Strategy for encouraging Federal use of private geospatial firms. 
TITLE V—GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 501. Purposes. 
Sec. 502. Definitions. 
Sec. 503. Geospatial Research Plan. 
Sec. 504. Policy directives for research and development. 
Sec. 505. Annual report. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Geospatial data is necessary and essential 
to— 
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(A) the management of natural resources; 
(B) economic development; 
(C) the management, adjudication, and 
prevention of future disruptions in the home 
mortgage system; 
(D) the development and implementation 
of a smart energy grid; 
(E) the deployment of universal domestic 
broadband service; 
(F) the management of Federal real prop-
erty assets; 
(G) emergency preparedness and response; 
(H) homeland security; 
(I) the delivery of efficient health care and 
other services provided, financed, or regulated 
by the Federal Government; and 
(J) the maintenance, rehabilitation, and 
enhancement of public works, transportation, 
and other infrastructure of the United States. 
(2) The geospatial technology field is a high 
growth, high demand, and economically vital sector 
of the economy of the United States. 
(3) The United States is the leader in the glob-
al geospatial technology field. The thousands of 
geospatial firms in the United States, which include 
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many small businesses, are among the most capable 
and qualified geospatial firms in the international 
market. 
(4) Geospatial technologies can enhance the op-
erations of government in planning and analysis, 
asset management, situation awareness, workforce 
empowerment, citizen engagement, transparency, 
education, and other services. 
(5) The full use and exploitation of geospatial 
technologies can foster economic growth, contribute 
to environmental stewardship, and enable scientific 
and technological excellence. 
(6) Studies have indicated that Federal agen-
cies are not effectively using geospatial technologies 
and can improve the management of information re-
sources and other applications. 
(7) Efforts to reduce redundancies in geospatial 
investments have not been fully successful. Federal 
agencies are still independently acquiring and main-
taining potentially duplicative and costly data sets 
and systems and until these problems are resolved, 
duplicative geospatial investments are likely to per-
sist. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act shall be to— 
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(1) ensure that a centralized and comprehensive 
database of geospatial data for the United States is 
available for use by the Federal Government to— 
(A) improve the quality of services pro-
vided by the Federal Government; and 
(B) reduce the costs to the Federal Gov-
ernment of providing such services; 
(2) coordinate Federal agencies, State and local 
governments, and private entities to— 
(A) maximize the use of private geospatial 
firms for the performance of Federal geospatial 
activities; and 
(B) eliminate redundancy in the Federal 
performance of geospatial activities; 
(3) foster the establishment and growth of pri-
vate geospatial firms in the United States; and 
(4) facilitate the development of new geospatial 
technology in the United States. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the National Geospatial Technology 
Administration. 
(2) The term ‘‘geospatial activity’’ means— 
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(A) the collection of geospatial data, in-
cluding collection from terrestrial, ground- 
based, airborne, or spaceborne platforms; 
(B) the organization of geospatial data, in-
cluding organization in a survey (including a 
GPS or field survey), map, chart, plan, report, 
or description; 
(C) the storage, dissemination, and re-
trieval of geospatial data; 
(D) 
the 
interpretation 
and 
use 
of 
geospatial data; 
(E) the development of products or tech-
nology to facilitate the activities described in 
subparagraphs (A) through (D); and 
(F) activities (other than exclusively busi-
ness-related activities) for the enhancement of 
geospatial data and its use. 
(3) The term ‘‘geospatial data’’ means data— 
(A) relating to natural and human-made 
physical features and phenomena on or below 
the surface of the Earth or in the space above 
the Earth, which may include data on the size, 
shape, and location of such features, and data 
on the legal boundaries relating to such fea-
tures; and 
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(B) developed by professionals, including 
surveyors, photogrammetrists, hydrographers, 
geodesists, and cartographers. 
(4) The term ‘‘private geospatial firm’’ means 
a private individual, firm, partnership, corporation, 
association, or other legal entity organized and per-
mitted by law to engage in geospatial activities, that 
engages in such activities— 
(A) as a regular course of trade or busi-
ness; and 
(B) with the principal objective of liveli-
hood and profit. 
(5) The term ‘‘real property’’ means land and— 
(A) crops, forests, and other resources at-
tached to or contained in the land; 
(B) buildings or other structures on the 
land; and 
(C) improvements to the land, including 
fixtures permanently attached to the land or to 
structures on the land. 
(6) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
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Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory 
or possession of the United States. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL 
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘cadastral information’’ means 
information on real property that includes informa-
tion on— 
(A) the location, boundaries, and size of 
the property; and 
(B) the use, value, ownership (including 
any interest, benefit, right, or privilege in the 
property), and assets of the property. 
(2) The term ‘‘cadastral parcel’’ means a single 
area of land or, more particularly, a volume of 
space, under homogeneous real property rights, 
unique ownership, subdivision, or description, and 
address. 
(3) The term ‘‘geodetic control information’’ 
means information on the coordinate positions of ge-
ographic data established using a common reference 
system. 
(4) The term ‘‘orthoimagery’’ means georefer-
enced image maps prepared from an aerial photo-
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graph or remotely sensed data from which displace-
ments of images caused by sensor orientation and 
terrain relief have been removed. 
SEC. 102. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To carry out the purposes of 
this Act, there is established within the Department of the 
Interior the National Geospatial Technology Administra-
tion. 
(b) ADMINISTRATOR.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The National Geospatial 
Technology Administration shall be headed by an 
Administrator, who shall report directly to the Sec-
retary of the Interior. 
(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Administrator shall 
be appointed by the President, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate. 
SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NA-
TIONAL GEOSPATIAL DATABASE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish and maintain a comprehensive database of 
geospatial data for all lands owned or managed by the 
United States (including public lands), all Indian trust 
parcels, and, to the extent possible, all non-Federal lands 
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in each State. The database shall be known as the ‘‘Na-
tional Geospatial Database’’. 
(b) 
CONTENTS
OF
DATABASE.—The 
National 
Geospatial Database shall include, for all lands described 
in subsection (a), the following geospatial data (as applica-
ble): 
(1) Cadastral information, organized on large 
scale maps— 
(A) using a geodetic network as a ref-
erence frame; 
(B) with a cadastral boundary overlay de-
lineating all cadastral parcels; and 
(C) with a system for indexing and identi-
fying each cadastral parcel. 
(2) Geodetic control information. 
(3) Orthoimagery. 
(4) Elevation and bathymetry. 
(5) Information on transportation networks. 
(6) Hydrography. 
(7) Information on underground infrastructure, 
including the location, type, size, composition, and 
use of underground structures including tunnels and 
pipelines, including through reference to— 
(A) aerial photogrammetric maps; 
(B) GPS and field surveys; 
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(H) the delivery of efficient health care 
and other services provided, financed, or regu-
lated by the Federal government; and 
(I) the maintenance, rehabilitation and en-
hancement of the public works, transportation, 
and other infrastructure of the United States. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), the National Geospatial Database shall be 
available to the public. 
(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
NATIONAL
SECURITY.— 
The Administrator shall withhold from public disclo-
sure any information the disclosure of which reason-
ably could be expected to cause damage to the na-
tional security of the United States. 
(d) FUNDING STRATEGY.—The Administrator shall 
develop and implement a strategy to fund the establish-
ment and maintenance of the National Geospatial Data-
base through means that may include— 
(1) the use of appropriated funds; 
(2) the establishment of user fees for the Na-
tional Geospatial Database; 
(3) the establishment of a revolving fund with 
respect to the user fees; 
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(4) interagency and intergovernmental partner-
ships; and 
(5) public-private partnerships. 
SEC. 104. REORGANIZATION OF GEOSPATIAL AND LAND 
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION
OF NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL 
DATA PLAN.—The Administrator shall carry out the rec-
ommendations of the National Geospatial Data Plan de-
veloped by the National Geospatial Policy Commission 
under section 202(c). 
(b) DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO MANAGE-
MENT OF FEDERAL PROPERTY.—The Administrator shall 
determine whether any property owned or managed by the 
United States may be better managed through ownership 
by a non-Federal entity, including a State or local govern-
ment, a tribal government, a nonprofit organization, or a 
private entity. 
SEC. 105. PROMULGATION OF STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL 
GEOSPATIAL DATA. 
(a) PROMULGATION.—The Administrator, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of the Office of Elec-
tronic Government, shall promulgate standards to ensure 
the interoperability of geospatial data collected by or with 
the support of the Federal Government. Such standards 
shall be consistent with— 
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(1) standards applicable to geospatial data in 
the Federal Real Property Profile established under 
section 4(c) of Executive Order No. 13327 of Feb-
ruary 4, 2004; and 
(2) protocols for the collection of geospatial 
data developed under section 216 of the E–Govern-
ment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–347; 44 U.S.C. 
3501 note). 
(b) CONFORMANCE WITH STANDARDS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT
FOR
FEDERAL
CONFORM-
ANCE.—The head of each agency of the Federal 
Government shall coordinate with the Administrator 
to ensure that all geospatial data collected by or 
with the support of the agency conforms with the 
standards promulgated under subsection (a), includ-
ing geospatial data collected under the following au-
thorities: 
(A) Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–16. 
(B) Executive Order No. 12906 of April 
11, 1994. 
(C) The Real Estate Settlement Proce-
dures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). 
(D) The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 
1975 (12 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.). 
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(2) ENCOURAGEMENT OF NON-FEDERAL CON-
FORMANCE.—The Administrator shall encourage 
conformance of all other geospatial data collected for 
lands in the United States with the standards pro-
mulgated under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 106. PROTECTION OF GEOSPATIAL DATA. 
The Administrator shall promulgate regulations and 
carry out activities to prevent any inmate in a Federal 
Prison Industries program under chapter 307 of title 18, 
United States Code, or a work program operated by a 
prison or jail of a State or subdivision thereof from having 
access to any geospatial data regarding the location of— 
(1) surface and subsurface infrastructure pro-
viding communications or water or electrical power 
distribution or transmission; 
(2) pipelines for the distribution or trans-
mission of natural gas, bulk petroleum products, or 
other commodities; 
(3) other utilities; or 
(4) any personal or financial information about 
any individual private citizen, including information 
relating to such person’s real property however de-
scribed. 
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SEC. 107. ASSUMPTION OF GEOSPATIAL FUNCTIONS OF 
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) FUNCTIONS
OF DEPARTMENT
OF
THE INTE-
RIOR.—All geospatial functions vested by law in the De-
partment of the Interior are hereby transferred to the Ad-
ministrator, including the following: 
(1) The responsibilities for the survey of public 
lands and related functions vested by chapter 1 of 
title 32 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 
(43 U.S.C. 52–59). 
(2) All geospatial functions of the Geography 
Division of the United States Geological Survey, in-
cluding functions vested by the Act of June 4, 1897 
(16 U.S.C. 474). 
(3) The responsibilities, vested by the revised 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–16, 
dated August, 19, 2006, for stewardship by the Bu-
reau of Land Management of cadastral and Federal 
land ownership spatial data themes. 
(b) 
FUNCTIONS
OF
DEPARTMENT
OF
AGRI-
CULTURE.—All geospatial functions vested by law in the 
Department of Agriculture with respect to the National 
Forest System are hereby transferred to the Adminis-
trator, including the authority to survey and map lands 
in and around the National Forest System lands vested 
by authorities, including the following: 
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(1) Public Law 85–569 (7 U.S.C. 1012a). 
(2) Public Law 97–465 (16 U.S.C. 521d et 
seq.). 
(c) FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOS-
PHERIC ADMINISTRATION.—All geospatial functions vest-
ed by law in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration are hereby transferred to the Administrator, 
including all functions of the National Geodetic Survey 
and other geospatial functions vested by authorities, in-
cluding the following: 
(1) Section 4685 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States (33 U.S.C. 884). 
(2) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to define the 
functions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic Sur-
vey, and for other purposes’’, approved August 6, 
1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.). 
(3) Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (84 
Stat. 2090). 
(4) Section 6082 of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (33 U.S.C. 883j). 
(5) The Hydrographic Services Improvement 
Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892a et seq.). 
(6) Section 206 of the Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2003 (33 U.S.C. 883l). 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall be effec-
tive on the date that is 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 108. ACQUISITION OF GEOSPATIAL DATA FROM PUB-
LIC SOURCES. 
(a) FEDERAL AGENCIES.—At the request of the Ad-
ministrator, the head of each Federal agency shall make 
available to the Administrator for inclusion in the Na-
tional Geospatial Database geospatial data collected by the 
agency subject to privacy protections, including— 
(1) all geospatial data collected under the Real 
Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.); 
(2) all geospatial data collected under the Home 
Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 (12 U.S.C. 2801 
et seq.); and 
(3) notwithstanding sections 9 and 214 of title 
13, United States Code, and to the extent consistent 
with individual privacy protections, all data on build-
ing addresses and geographical coordinates collected 
by the Director of the Bureau of the Census. 
(b) NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES.— 
(1) COST-SHARING AGREEMENTS.—The Admin-
istrator may enter into cost-sharing agreements 
with, and provide other financial incentives to, State 
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and local governments and private entities and indi-
viduals to collect and share with the Administrator 
geospatial data for inclusion in the National 
Geospatial Database. 
(2) LIMITATIONS
ON
AMOUNT.—The Federal 
share of any cost-sharing agreement under para-
graph (1) shall not exceed 50 percent of the total 
cost to the State of collecting and sharing the data. 
SEC. 109. ACQUISITION OF GEOSPATIAL DATA FROM COM-
MERCIAL SOURCES. 
(a) COMMERCIAL
SOURCES.—The Administrator 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, enter into con-
tracts to obtain geospatial data from commercial sources. 
(b) LICENSED DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this Act, the 
Administrator may acquire licensed geospatial data 
from commercial sources. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining whether 
to acquire licensed geospatial data from commercial 
sources, the Administrator shall take into account— 
(A) existing law; 
(B) the quality of the data relative to the 
intended use; 
(C) the preferences of the intended (as op-
posed to incidental) beneficiaries of the data; 
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(D) any restrictions on redistribution of 
the licensed data, and their effect on— 
(i) the ability of each agency using the 
data to carry out a mandate of the agency; 
and 
(ii) the benefit of the geospatial data 
to its intended users. 
TITLE 
II—NATIONAL 
GEOSPATIAL 
POLICY 
COM-
MISSION 
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT; PRIMARY DUTIES. 
There is hereby established a commission, to be 
known as the ‘‘National Geospatial Policy Commission’’ 
(referred to hereinafter as the ‘‘Commission’’). The Com-
mission shall— 
(1) develop and periodically amend a com-
prehensive plan, to be known as the ‘‘National 
Geospatial Data Plan’’; 
(2) coordinate Federal agencies, State and local 
governments, and private entities to eliminate redun-
dancy in the performance of geospatial activities; 
(3) convert geospatial activities to performance 
by private geospatial firms when possible; and 
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(4) reduce the costs to the Federal Government 
of geospatial activities not eliminated or converted to 
performance by private geospatial firms. 
SEC. 202. REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL 
DATA PLAN. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF ALL GEOSPATIAL ACTIVI-
TIES PERFORMED BY OR FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.—The Commission shall identify in the National 
Geospatial Data Plan each geospatial activity performed 
by or for the Federal Government, and— 
(1) the nature and purpose of the activity; 
(2) the authority under which the activity is 
performed; and 
(3) the amount expended by the Federal Gov-
ernment in fiscal year 2009 for the activity. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF REDUNDANT, INEFFICIENT, 
AND UNNECESSARY GEOSPATIAL ACTIVITIES.—The Com-
mission shall identify in the National Geospatial Data 
Plan each geospatial activity under subsection (a)— 
(1) the performance of which is unnecessary; 
and 
(2) that may be converted to performance by a 
private geospatial firm. 
(c) IDENTIFICATION OF BEST MEANS OF ACQUIRING 
GEOSPATIAL DATA.—The Commission shall develop and 
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include in the National Geospatial Data Plan rec-
ommendations (including, as applicable, recommendations 
for changes in existing law) for— 
(1) elimination of geospatial activities identified 
under subsection (b)(1); 
(2) conversion of geospatial activities identified 
under subsection (b)(2) to performance by a private 
geospatial firm; 
(3) conversion of performance of geospatial ac-
tivities identified under subsection (b)(3)(A) to per-
formance by a State or local government; and 
(4) consolidation of geospatial activities identi-
fied under subsection (b)(3)(B). 
(d) ESTIMATE OF COST SAVINGS FROM ADOPTING 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Commission shall include in 
the National Geospatial Data Plan an estimate of the sav-
ings to the United States that would result from adopting 
the recommendations in subsection (c). 
(e) DEADLINE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL 
GEOSPATIAL DATA PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after 
funds are made available for this purpose, the Commission 
shall complete the National Geospatial Data Plan in ac-
cordance with this section. 
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SEC. 203. MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Commission 
shall be composed of the following members: 
(1) 
The 
Administrator 
of 
the 
National 
Geospatial Technology Administration or designee. 
(2) The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget or designee. 
(3) The Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy or designee. 
(4) The Director of the National Economic 
Council or designee. 
(5) The Director of the National Geospatial In-
telligence Agency or designee. 
(6) The Chairman of the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate or designee. 
(7) The Chairman of the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives or designee. 
(8) Eleven citizens with experience in geospatial 
activities appointed by the President, including— 
(A) two employed in State government; 
(B) two employed in regional or local gov-
ernment; 
(C) one employed in tribal government; 
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