Congress designates November 19 as National GIS Day
H.Res. 890 — Expressing support for the designation of November 19, 2025, as "National GIS Day". · Filed by Pete Aguilar (D-CA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Nov 18, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This resolution expresses congressional support for designating November 19, 2025, as 'National GIS Day' to recognize Geographic Information System technology and its role in government, business, education, and addressing societal challenges. The resolution encourages continued use of GIS tools for learning, problem-solving, and economic growth, with no binding legislative effect or appropriations.
Why we flagged it
This is a non-binding House resolution designating a single day for recognition of a technology sector and its applications. It contains no legislative mechanism, appropriations, or regulatory change—purely symbolic support for awareness.
What the text implies
- Symbolic support may elevate GIS sector visibility and influence future federal procurement or education funding priorities, though no direct mechanism is present in this resolution.
- Recognition of GIS as a 'high-growth industry' (per Department of Labor) may signal congressional interest in supporting geospatial technology workforce development in future legislation.
Who it affects
This is a non-binding recognition resolution that promotes awareness of geospatial technology with broad public applications—from education and environmental management to disaster response and urban planning. Citizens benefit from increased visibility of tools that serve public problem-solving, though the impact is primarily symbolic rather than material.
Who stands to gain
- geospatial technology companies
- GIS software vendors
- mapping and location-services sector
Named in the bill
Geographic Information System (GIS), National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), Department of Labor, Federal agencies, State and local governments, universities, private enterprise
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Nov 18, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. Those filings disclosed $0 in lobbying spend. A filing names 11 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Pete Aguilar, the sponsor, reported $2,254,148 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Gps Innovation Alliance — $0 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jan 16, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 5, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jan 16, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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