[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1078 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 695
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1078

 To authorize a comprehensive national cooperative geospatial imagery 
mapping program through the United States Geological Survey, to promote 
 use of the program for education, workforce training and development, 
and applied research, and to support Federal, State, tribal, and local 
                          government programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 19, 2009

 Mr. Johnson (for himself and Mr. Voinovich) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

                           December 14, 2010

             Reported by Mr. Rockefeller, with an amendment
 [Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in 
                                italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize a comprehensive national cooperative geospatial imagery 
mapping program through the United States Geological Survey, to promote 
 use of the program for education, workforce training and development, 
and applied research, and to support Federal, State, tribal, and local 
                          government programs.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``AmericaView Geospatial 
Imagery Mapping Program Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) when Federal geospatial imagery is available 
        in a cost-effective and timely manner, State and local 
        governments and educational institutions are able to develop 
        new scientific, educational, and practical applications for the 
        data and to adopt new tools for applied research, education, 
        and training, as evidenced by--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the success of the United States 
                Geological Survey (referred to in this Act as the 
                ``USGS'') cooperative pilot projects OhioView and 
                Gateway to the Earth; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the 35 member StateView programs 
                cooperating in the AmericaView program;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) increased access to geospatial imagery for 
        research and educational purposes, made available through the 
        USGS and from State-level archives linked to StateView program 
        support, benefits user communities that have traditionally 
        struggled to afford the data because it enables--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) educators to train--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) students at institutions of 
                        higher education for technology careers in 
                        remote sensing; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) teachers for use of remote 
                        sensing data to enhance student learning in 
                        elementary and secondary education;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) historically black colleges and 
                universities to partner with StateView program 
                universities to enhance learning and training 
                opportunities for students; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Native Americans to provide training 
                and education regarding--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the use and application of 
                        remote sensing data for Native American 
                        students; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) developing satellite-based 
                        applications for managing reservation 
                        resources;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) institutions of higher education and State and 
        local government agencies use geospatial imagery to support 
        practical mapping and monitoring purposes, including--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) monitoring the health of Federal and 
                State land and forests;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) understanding ecosystems and 
                predicting ecosystem change;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) mapping hydrologic systems and 
                assessing water quality;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) monitoring crop productivity, 
                assessing damage, and predicting crop yield;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) assisting with transportation and 
                land-use planning in the urban areas of the United 
                States;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) predicting and assisting with the 
                management of human and wildlife disease outbreaks; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) mapping natural hazards and assessing 
                risk; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) the AmericaView program is uniquely positioned 
        to help each State develop applications and skills necessary--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to effectively apply geospatial 
                imagery for multiple State-focused mapping purposes; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to expand the use and benefits of 
                geospatial imagery for research and operational 
                purposes within each State.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this Act:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Americaview.--The term ``AmericaView'' means 
        the national nonprofit collaboration of StateView program 
        participants cooperating with the USGS to achieve the purposes 
        of the AmericaView program.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Americaview program.--The term ``AmericaView 
        program'' means the national remote sensing education, 
        outreach, and research program of the USGS established under 
        section 4(a), comprised of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the AmericaView project; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) AmericaView.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Americaview project.--The term ``AmericaView 
        project'' means the USGS data archive, development, 
        maintenance, and product distribution program conducted at the 
        Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Data 
        Center.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Educational institution.--The term 
        ``educational institution'' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) any public or private elementary or 
                secondary school, vocational school, correspondence 
                school, business school, institution of higher 
                education (including a junior college or teachers' 
                college), normal school, professional school, or 
                scientific or technical institution; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) any other institution that provides an 
                educational program.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Geospatial imagery.--The term ``geospatial 
        imagery'' means all information acquired from above the surface 
        of the Earth by satellite or airplane.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) National spatial data infrastructure.--The 
        term ``national spatial data infrastructure'' means the 
        technology, policies, standards, and human resources necessary 
        to acquire, process, store, distribute, and improve use of 
        geospatial data for the United States established by Executive 
        Order 12906 (59 Fed. Reg. 17671 (April 13, 1994)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the 
        USGS.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) State.--The term ``State'' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) each of the several States of the 
                United States;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the District of Columbia;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto 
                Rico;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Guam;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) American Samoa;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                Mariana Islands; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) the United States Virgin 
                Islands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) Stateview program.--The term ``StateView 
        program'' means the AmericaView program of an individual State, 
        comprised of educational institutions and State and local 
        governments.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. AMERICAVIEW PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and 
maintain a national remote sensing education, outreach, and research 
program within the USGS to advance the availability, timely 
distribution, and widespread use of geospatial imagery for education, 
research, assessment, and monitoring purposes in each State.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the AmericaView program 
are--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) to increase accessibility to, and expand the 
        use of, remote sensing data in a standard, easy-to-use format 
        by Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, communities, 
        educational institutions, and the commercial sector; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) to assist each StateView program in 
        establishing the cooperative infrastructure necessary to 
        increase access to geospatial imagery for research and 
        educational purposes.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Activities.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Americaview project.--The Secretary, acting 
        through the AmericaView project, shall support the geospatial 
        imagery mapping research and educational programs of each State 
        by cooperating with States--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to identify new geospatial imagery 
                mapping needs and infrastructure and to define, 
                consolidate; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to maintain the data requirements of 
                the AmericaView project.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Americaview program.--The Secretary, acting 
        through the AmericaView program, shall maintain AmericaView in 
        each State--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to share and cooperate in the 
                development of geospatial imagery mapping applications, 
                education, and training infrastructure in each 
                State;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to cooperate with the AmericaView 
                project to develop nationally consistent standards for 
                geospatial imagery mapping in each State;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) to expand the number of geospatial 
                imagery mapping courses taught at educational 
                institutions and provide training, remote sensing data, 
                and teaching tools to educators;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) to expand geospatial imagery mapping 
                research at research educational 
                institutions;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) to expand the knowledge and use of 
                geospatial imagery and map products in the current 
                workforce through outreach programs, workshops, and 
                other training opportunities;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) to build partnerships with local 
                governments to identify unique research and development 
                needs and geospatial imagery mapping pilot 
                projects;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) to promote cooperation and sharing of 
                expertise regarding geospatial imagery among 
                participating States and within each participating 
                State; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (H) to enable the States to provide 
                geospatial imagery to the USGS.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Grants.--The Secretary annually shall provide 
        grants to sustain and develop StateView programs.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Federal partner advisory committee.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall 
                maintain an advisory committee to advise the Director 
                of the USGS regarding the AmericaView 
                program.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Membership and appointment.--The 
                advisory committee under subparagraph (A) shall be 
                composed of--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) at least 1 representative of 
                        each of--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) AmericaView;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) the USGS; 
                                and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (III) the Department of 
                                Agriculture; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) representatives of such other 
                        agencies as the Secretary may 
                        designate.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``AmericaView Geospatial Imagery 
Mapping Program Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) when Federal geospatial imagery is available in a cost-
        effective and timely manner, State and local governments and 
        educational institutions are able to develop new scientific, 
        educational, and practical applications for the data and to 
        adopt new tools for applied research, education, and training, 
        as evidenced by--
                    (A) the success of the United States Geological 
                Survey (referred to in this Act as the ``USGS'') 
                cooperative pilot projects OhioView and Gateway to the 
                Earth; and
                    (B) the 35 member StateView programs cooperating in 
                the AmericaView program;
            (2) increased access to geospatial imagery for research and 
        educational purposes, made available through the USGS and from 
        State-level archives linked to StateView program support, 
        benefits user communities that have traditionally struggled to 
        afford the data because it enables--
                    (A) educators to train--
                            (i) students at institutions of higher 
                        education for technology careers in remote 
                        sensing; and
                            (ii) teachers for use of remote sensing 
                        data to enhance student learning in elementary 
                        and secondary education;
                    (B) historically black colleges and universities to 
                partner with StateView program universities to enhance 
                learning and training opportunities for students; and
                    (C) Native Americans to provide training and 
                education regarding--
                            (i) the use and application of remote 
                        sensing data for Native American students; and
                            (ii) developing satellite-based 
                        applications for managing reservation 
                        resources;
            (3) institutions of higher education and State and local 
        government agencies use geospatial imagery to support practical 
        mapping and monitoring purposes, including--
                    (A) monitoring the health of Federal and State land 
                and forests;
                    (B) understanding ecosystems and predicting 
                ecosystem change;
                    (C) mapping hydrologic systems and assessing water 
                quality;
                    (D) monitoring crop productivity, assessing damage, 
                and predicting crop yield;
                    (E) assisting with transportation and land-use 
                planning in the urban areas of the United States;
                    (F) predicting and assisting with the management of 
                human and wildlife disease outbreaks; and
                    (G) mapping natural hazards and assessing risk; and
            (4) the AmericaView program is uniquely positioned to help 
        each State develop applications and skills necessary--
                    (A) to effectively apply geospatial imagery for 
                multiple State-focused mapping purposes; and
                    (B) to expand the use and benefits of geospatial 
                imagery for research and operational purposes within 
                each State.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Americaview.--The term ``AmericaView'' means the 
        national nonprofit collaboration of StateView program 
        participants cooperating with the USGS to achieve the purposes 
        of the AmericaView program.
            (2) Americaview program.--The term ``AmericaView program'' 
        means the national remote sensing education, outreach, and 
        research program of the USGS established under section 4(a), 
        comprised of--
                    (A) the AmericaView project; and
                    (B) AmericaView.
            (3) Americaview project.--The term ``AmericaView project'' 
        means the USGS data archive, development, maintenance, and 
        product distribution program conducted at the Earth Resources 
        Observation and Science (EROS) Data Center.
            (4) Educational institution.--The term ``educational 
        institution'' means--
                    (A) any public or private elementary or secondary 
                school, vocational school, correspondence school, 
                business school, institution of higher education 
                (including a junior college or teachers' college), 
                normal school, professional school, or scientific or 
                technical institution; and
                    (B) any other institution that provides an 
                educational program.
            (5) Geospatial imagery.--The term ``geospatial imagery'' 
        means all information acquired from above the surface of the 
        Earth by satellite or airplane.
            (6) National spatial data infrastructure.--The term 
        ``national spatial data infrastructure'' means the technology, 
        policies, standards, and human resources necessary to acquire, 
        process, store, distribute, and improve use of geospatial data 
        for the United States established by Executive Order 12906 (59 
        Fed. Reg. 17671 (April 13, 1994)).
            (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the USGS.
            (8) State.--The term ``State'' means--
                    (A) each of the several States of the United 
                States;
                    (B) the District of Columbia;
                    (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
                    (D) Guam;
                    (E) American Samoa;
                    (F) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                Islands; and
                    (G) the United States Virgin Islands.
            (9) Stateview program.--The term ``StateView program'' 
        means the AmericaView program of an individual State, comprised 
        of educational institutions and State and local governments.

SEC. 4. AMERICAVIEW PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and maintain a 
national remote sensing education, outreach, and research program 
within the USGS to advance the availability, timely distribution, and 
widespread use of geospatial imagery for education, research, 
assessment, and monitoring purposes in each State, consistent with the 
August 2007 recommendations of the Future of Land Imaging Interagency 
Working Group of the National Science and Technology Council.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the AmericaView program are--
            (1) to increase accessibility to, and expand the use of, 
        remote sensing data in a standard, easy-to-use format by 
        Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, communities, 
        educational institutions, and the commercial sector; and
            (2) to assist each StateView program in establishing the 
        cooperative infrastructure necessary to increase access to 
        geospatial imagery for research and educational purposes.
    (c) Activities.--
            (1) Americaview project.--The Secretary, acting through the 
        AmericaView project, shall support the geospatial imagery 
        mapping research and educational programs of each State by 
        cooperating with States--
                    (A) to identify new geospatial imagery mapping 
                needs and infrastructure and to define, consolidate; 
                and
                    (B) to maintain the data requirements of the 
                AmericaView project.
            (2) Americaview program.--The Secretary, acting through the 
        AmericaView program, shall maintain AmericaView in each State--
                    (A) to share and cooperate in the development of 
                geospatial imagery mapping applications, education, and 
                training infrastructure in each State;
                    (B) to cooperate with the AmericaView project to 
                develop nationally consistent standards for geospatial 
                imagery mapping in each State;
                    (C) to expand the number of geospatial imagery 
                mapping courses taught at educational institutions and 
                provide training, remote sensing data, and teaching 
                tools to educators;
                    (D) to expand geospatial imagery mapping research 
                at research educational institutions;
                    (E) to expand the knowledge and use of geospatial 
                imagery and map products in the current workforce 
                through outreach programs, workshops, and other 
                training opportunities;
                    (F) to build partnerships with local governments to 
                identify unique research and development needs and 
                geospatial imagery mapping pilot projects;
                    (G) to promote cooperation and sharing of expertise 
                regarding geospatial imagery among participating States 
                and within each participating State; and
                    (H) to enable the States to provide geospatial 
                imagery to the USGS.
            (3) Grants.--The Secretary annually shall provide grants to 
        sustain and develop StateView programs.
            (4) Federal partner advisory committee.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall maintain an 
                advisory committee to advise the Director of the USGS 
                regarding the AmericaView program.
                    (B) Membership and appointment.--The advisory 
                committee under subparagraph (A) shall be composed of--
                            (i) at least 1 representative of each of--
                                    (I) AmericaView;
                                    (II) the USGS; and
                                    (III) the Department of 
                                Agriculture; and
                            (ii) representatives of such other agencies 
                        as the Secretary may designate.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014.
                                                       Calendar No. 695

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1078

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To authorize a comprehensive national cooperative geospatial imagery 
mapping program through the United States Geological Survey, to promote 
 use of the program for education, workforce training and development, 
and applied research, and to support Federal, State, tribal, and local 
                          government programs.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 14, 2010

                       Reported with an amendment