Definition: In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Geospatial
Preparedness Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Homeland security and national geospatial preparedness.
Sec. 5. Security policy and guidelines for geospatial data.
Sec. 6. Office of Geospatial Management and Geospatial Information
Officer.
Sec. 7. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Geospatial technologies and geospatial data can provide
all levels of government and the private sector with proven
capabilities to carry out detection, planning, preparedness,
mitigation, response, and recovery activities for homeland
security purposes that save lives and protect property.
(2) The completion and maintenance of the National Spatial
Data Infrastructure with integrated applications and systems
will provide the level of geospatial preparedness required to
protect critical infrastructure, strategic assets, the economic
base, and persons.
(3) Geospatial technology and information have proven to be
essential to enabling more informed decisionmaking, greater
efficiency, increased accountability, and better management in
all levels of government and the private sector.
(4) Building spatial data once and then sharing it many
times between all levels of government and the private sector
increases the ability of information technology applications
and systems to provide better services to the public in a cost-
effective manner.
(5) The use of international, national, and industry
consensus standards to develop and deploy interoperable
geospatial data and geospatial technologies assists the
commercial geospatial industry to provide products that make it
easier, faster, and less expensive for all levels of government
and the private sector to share, integrate, and use geospatial
data for decisionmaking.
(6) Establishing a new Federal Government program to
provide financial incentives to State, regional, local, and
tribal governments will greatly accelerate adoption of
international, national, and industry consensus standards.
(7) Geospatial technologies and geospatial data can be
essential tools for virtually all functions of government and
business.
(8) Geospatial preparedness in the United States is not
adequate due to a variety of factors including inadequate
geospatial data compatibility, insufficient geospatial data
sharing, technology interoperability barriers, institutional
and organizational resistance to new ways of doing business,
lack of financial incentives to improved use of geospatial
technologies, and inefficient geospatial data collection and
sharing.
(9) Interoperable geospatial technology and geospatial data
capabilities are emerging and incentives are needed for full
adoption and for collaborative use to meet community and
national needs.
(10) Geospatial technologies and geospatial data are
maintained by all levels of government and the private sector.
A comprehensive nationwide program is necessary to build and
maintain a standards-based geospatial spatial data
infrastructure and geographic information systems required to
respond to increasing demands.
(11) State, regional, local, and tribal governments, the
private sector, and other non-government organizations are
investing in geospatial technologies and geospatial data.
Incentives are necessary to leverage these investments for more
effective use to meet community and national needs.
(12) Establishing the Office of Geospatial Management,
administered by a Geospatial Information Officer, within the
Department of Homeland Security will ensure the most effective
and efficient management of programs and activities involving
geospatial technologies and geospatial data.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Geographic information systems software and hardware.--
The term ''geographic information systems software and
hardware'' means computer software and hardware required to
identify, depict, visualize, analyze, maintain, or otherwise
utilize geospatial data.
(2) Geospatial applications.--The term ''geospatial
applications'' means computer software and systems that extend
the capabilities of geographic information systems software and
hardware to identify, depict, visualize, analyze, maintain, or
otherwise utilize geospatial data.
(3) Geospatial data.--The term ''geospatial data'' means
information that identifies, depicts, or describes the
geographic locations, boundaries, or characteristics of
inhabitants and natural or constructed features on the Earth,
including such information derived from, among other sources,
socio-demographic analysis, economic analysis, land information
records and land use information processing, statistical
analysis, survey and observational methodologies, environmental
analysis, critical infrastructure protection, satellites,
remote sensing, airborne imagery collection, mapping,
engineering, construction, global positioning systems, and
surveying technologies and activities.
(4) Geospatial preparedness.--The term ''geospatial
preparedness'' means the level of overall capability and
capacity necessary to enable all levels of government and the
private sector to utilize geospatial data, geographic
information systems software and hardware, and geospatial
applications to perform essential emergency management
functions, including detection, planning, mitigation, response,
and recovery, in order to minimize loss of life and property
from weapons of mass destruction, terrorist threats, major man-
made accidents, and natural disasters.
(5) National spatial data infrastructure.--The term
''National Spatial Data Infrastructure'' means the combination
of the geographic information systems software and hardware,
geospatial applications, geospatial data, standards, policies,
programs, and human resources necessary to acquire, process,
analyze, store, maintain, distribute, and otherwise utilize
geospatial data as a strategic asset for the Nation.
(6) Office of geospatial management.--The term ''Office of
Geospatial Management'' means the administrative organization
responsible for designing, managing, coordinating, and
implementing comprehensive geospatial initiatives.
(7) Standards.--The term ''standards'' means documented
international, national, or industry consensus agreements
containing technical specifications or other precise criteria
to be used consistently as rules, guidelines, or definitions to
ensure that materials, products, processes, or services are
proper for their purposes.

SEC. 4. HOMELAND SECURITY AND NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL PREPAREDNESS.

The Secretary shall direct the Chief Information Officer to work,
consistent with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-16,
Executive Order 12906, and section 216 of the Electronic Government
Act, with the Department of the Interior, the Department of Justice,
the Federal Geographic Data Committee, the National Imagery and Mapping
Agency, other appropriate Federal agencies, and members of the Steering
Committee and Coordination Group of the Federal Geographic Data
Committee, to use and enhance the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
for homeland security purposes, by--
(1) developing a comprehensive national enterprise
strategy, incorporating industry and government standards, for
the coordinated acquisition, building, storage, maintenance,
and use of Federal Government, non-Federal Government, and
private sector geospatial data with, when feasible and
appropriate, integrated and interoperable commercially-provided
geographic information systems software and hardware,
geospatial applications, geospatial data, and services in order
to achieve an adequate level of national geospatial
preparedness;
(2) providing grants, technical assistance, and cooperative
agreements to State, regional, local, and tribal government as
well as non-profit organizations in order to increase
geospatial preparedness by actions such as analyzing
requirements, performing strategic planning, sharing geospatial
data, developing agreements for sharing geospatial data,
integrating geospatial data, developing standards, integrating
systems, and acquiring, when feasible and appropriate,
interoperable commercially-provided geographic information
systems software and hardware, geospatial applications,
geospatial data, and Global Positioning System equipment and
procuring services in order to achieve an adequate level of
national geospatial preparedness;
(3) coordinating with, and assisting, the Federal
Geographic Data Committee, the Office of Management and Budget,
and the commercial geospatial industry to establish national
standards for the development, acquisition, storage,
maintenance, distribution, utilization, and application of
geospatial data;
(4) coordinating with, and assisting, the commercial
geospatial industry to establish national standards for the
development, distribution, and utilization of geographic
information systems software and hardware and geospatial
applications; and
(5) utilizing, when feasible and appropriate, commercially-
provided interoperable geographic information systems software
and hardware, geospatial applications, geospatial data, and
services to carry out the responsibilities, activities, and
programs authorized by this section.

SEC. 5. SECURITY POLICY AND GUIDELINES FOR GEOSPATIAL DATA.

The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Homeland
Security shall establish, within 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and consistent with overall homeland security
goals of the Department of Homeland Security, security policy and
guidelines for the acquisition, processing, and dissemination of
geospatial data depicting critical infrastructure and strategic assets
located in the United States.

SEC. 6. OFFICE OF GEOSPATIAL MANAGEMENT AND GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION
OFFICER.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish
the Office of Geospatial Management within the Office of the Chief
Information Officer. The Office of Geospatial Management shall be
administered by the Geospatial Information Officer under the direction
of the Chief Information Officer.
(b) Geospatial Information Officer.--The Geospatial Information
Officer--
(1) shall be appointed by the Secretary from among
individuals who are skilled in geographic information
technology and systems management; and
(2) shall be responsible for--
(A) designing, managing, coordinating, and
implementing comprehensive geospatial initiatives; and
(B) working with the Chief Information Officer to
carry out section 4 and section 5.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

For the purpose of carrying out this Act, there are authorized to
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal
years 2004 through 2008. Such authorization is in addition to other
authorizations of appropriations that are available for such purpose.
Output:
Geospatial Preparedness Act - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to direct the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of Homeland Security to work with the Departments of the Interior and Justice, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, other appropriate Federal agencies, and members of the Federal Geographic Data Committee to use and enhance the National Spatial Data Infrastructure for homeland security purposes.

Directs the CIO to establish security and policy guidelines for the acquisition, processing, and dissemination of geospatial data depicting critical infrastructure and strategic assets in the United States.

Requires the: (1) Secretary to establish the Office of Geospatial Management within the Office of the CIO; and (2) Geospatial Manager to work with the CIO to design, manage, coordinate, and implement comprehensive geospatial initiatives.