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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">An update on S.103 and H.R.482<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Cy Smith, GISP, State GIO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">OSCIO Geospatial Enterprise Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Secretary, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Past President, Urban Regional Info. Systems Association (URISA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Past President, National States Geographic Info. Council (NSGIC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">(503) 378-6066, <a href="http://gis.oregon.gov/">
<span style="color:#0563C1">http://gis.oregon.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Leadership-briefing [mailto:leadership-briefing-bounces@nsgic.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Molly Schar<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 07, 2017 4:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> leadership-briefing@nsgic.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Leadership-briefing] Local Zoning Decisions Protections Act<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Everyone, just wanted to share an update about these bills (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/103">S.103</a> and
<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/482/text">H.R.482</a>) that include language about geospatial databases. I heard the following from MAPPS this evening:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>We've been in touch with Lee's office. They don't expect the current bill to move in the Senate Banking Committee. If it does move, they are very open to taking care of the heartburn the geospatial community has communicated thus far.
They don't have an issue with geospatial data. They expressed an effort to embolden evidence-based data for which they consider geospatial to be central to this. All of this is good news as we are positive that the Senator will amend his bill to reflect our
recent conversation with them should it be in a position to advance in the future.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ll keep my ear to the ground and let you know when I hear more.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Molly<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">Molly Schar, </span></b><span style="color:#1F3864">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">National States Geographic Information Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">office: 443-640-1075 x120 | mobile: 202-230-3716<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864"><a href="https://twitter.com/mcschar">twitter @mcschar</a> |
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollyschar">linkedin.com/in/mollyschar</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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