Legislation going through the house and senate to dismantle some federal GIS data. Please consider writing into your reps.
A colleague of mine forwarded me an email discussing how this new bill might get rid of useful geospatial data. For tracking purposes the Congressional bill is HR482, Senate is S103. You can download the bill to read for yourself at this link.
Of particular interest is the language in Sec. 3:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a Federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities in access to affordable housing.
Please consider writing into your representatives. Personally I thought the most concerning part was how vague the bill was. That means if passed, the executive branch would be able to interpret & enforce the bill the way they see fit.
tl;dr HR482, S103 want to dismantle federal geospatial data pertaining to racial disparities and affordable housing. Vague wording = potentially removing more federal GIS data. Contact your reps.
