Sec. 3. Funding prohibition and strategy for emergency response maps
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No Federal funds made available for fiscal year 2026 or any fiscal year thereafter may be used to procure an emergency response map that does not meet the requirements described in paragraph (2). The requirements for an emergency response map described in paragraph
(1)are the following: Be in a digital geospatial format— accessible on a laptop computer, tablet computer, smartphone, or other mobile platform; and capable of being— printed and shared electronically; and updated in real time. Be interoperable with emergency response systems using commonly accepted standards and capable of being digitally integrated into other mapping, emergency response, or public safety applications. Have symbology in accordance with guidelines of the National Association of Public Safety GIS. Have data owned by the owner of the site for which such map is procured with the right to copy, display, distribute, transmit, and adapt such map for any lawful purpose, including sharing such map with the governmental or private entities that provide or support emergency services at such site. Have data shared only via a secured and authenticated application programming interface. Not be stored in a data center located outside of the United States. Be in a format that can be oriented true north and on a coordinate grid. Be in a format that can display any floor of the site (or the portion of the site) for which such map is procured through overlaid, aerial imagery. Be for a site (or a portion of a site) that is verified annually by the local educational agency for accuracy by a walk through inspection of such site or such portion. After any funds to procure such map are expended, be made available to the following without restriction: The procurer of such map. Each covered public safety agency that serves the site for which such map is procured. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy for the Federal Government to carry out the following: Procure an emergency response map that satisfies the requirements described in subsection (a)(2) for any site that is owned or leased by the Federal Government and determined to be critical by the Secretary. Distribute such map to each covered public safety agency that serves such site. Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary submits the strategy pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on such strategy.