H.Res. 890

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 890 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 890

Expressing support for the designation of November 19, 2025, as 
``National GIS Day''.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 18, 2025

Mr. Aguilar (for himself and Mr. Obernolte) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology

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RESOLUTION

Expressing support for the designation of November 19, 2025, as 
``National GIS Day''.

Whereas the management, use, and exchange of geographic information and 
geospatial data and analysis are essential for operations and decision 
making in Federal agencies and private enterprise;
Whereas Geographic Information System technology (referred to in this preamble 
as ``GIS'') embraces new and innovative ways to use, discover, and share 
geospatial data through online portals and web services;
Whereas GIS facilitates the sharing of geographic data, services, and maps 
within a digital domain;
Whereas GIS helps provide shared and trusted geospatial data, services, and 
applications for use by--

(1) the public;

(2) private enterprise; and

(3) government agencies and partners of government agencies to meet 
their mission needs;

Whereas GIS helps foster collaboration and partnerships in the advancement of 
the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (referred to in this preamble 
as the ``NSDI'');
Whereas GIS provides a common framework for the Federal Government, State, 
Tribal, and local governments, non-Federal partners, communities, 
constituents, professional bodies for standards, data catalogs, 
partnerships, and tools that make up the NSDI;
Whereas GIS is used to investigate and address societal and cultural issues, 
including--

(1) local issues;

(2) global issues;

(3) issues from the past;

(4) issues in the present; and

(5) potential future issues identified through modeling;

Whereas GIS professionals review, store, and manage their data in new ways 
thanks to technological advancements, given that high accuracy global 
positioning system (GPS) technology has also evolved greatly over 
decades;
Whereas GIS and related geospatial technologies are used in classrooms to engage 
students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 
learning;
Whereas GIS is an interdisciplinary tool used by students, teachers, 
researchers, universities, local institutions, and practitioners in 
numerous fields and disciplines;
Whereas GIS fosters competition within the sector of geospatial technologies, 
which is considered a high-growth industry by the Department of Labor; 
and
Whereas many Federal agencies, State and local government agencies, nonprofit 
organizations, schools, libraries, companies in private enterprise, and 
universities will join with others around the world to showcase their 
GIS mapping and geospatial applications on November 19, 2025: Now, 
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) supports the designation of ``National GIS Day''; and
(2) encourages users of Geographic Information System 
technology (referred to in this resolving clause as ``GIS''), 
educators, students, and innovators to continue to employ GIS 
to--
(A) learn and explore;
(B) analyze and address societal challenges; and
(C) drive economic growth for the betterment of the 
people of the United States and individuals around the 
world.
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