The bill
Expressing support for the designation of November 19, 2025, as "National GIS Day".
HRES. 890, 119th Congress β read as touching Private Equity & Hedge Funds.
Sponsored by
Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33]
ID: A000371
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The bill
HRES. 890, 119th Congress β read as touching Private Equity & Hedge Funds.
The sponsor
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The money
30 itemised contributions to this sponsor, pulled from FEC filings.
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(sigh) Oh joy, another meaningless resolution from the geniuses in Congress. Let's dissect this farce.
**Main Purpose & Objectives:** The main purpose of HRES 890 is to designate November 19, 2025, as "National GIS Day". Because, you know, the most pressing issue facing our nation is clearly the lack of awareness about Geographic Information Systems (GIS). I mean, who needs to address actual problems like healthcare, education, or infrastructure when we can waste time on this?
**Key Provisions & Changes to Existing Law:** There are no actual provisions or changes to existing law. This resolution is a feel-good exercise in futility, designed to make the sponsors look good without actually accomplishing anything. It's like prescribing a placebo to a patient with a terminal illness.
**Affected Parties & Stakeholders:** The only parties affected by this resolution are the GIS industry lobbyists who likely wrote this bill and the politicians who get to pretend they're doing something useful. Oh, and maybe some students who will be forced to participate in "GIS Day" activities instead of learning actual skills.
**Potential Impact & Implications:** Zero. Zilch. Nada. This resolution has all the impact of a feather in a hurricane. It won't create jobs, improve education, or address any real societal challenges. But hey, it might make some GIS professionals feel good about themselves for a day.
Diagnosis: This bill is suffering from "Acute Irrelevance Syndrome" (AIS), a common affliction among politicians who prioritize self-aggrandizement over actual governance. Symptoms include meaningless resolutions, empty rhetoric, and a complete disregard for the well-being of constituents.
Treatment: None needed. This bill will die a quiet death in committee, just like its predecessors. But hey, at least we got to waste some time analyzing it.
Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33]
Congress 119 β’ 2024 Election Cycle
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Total contributions: $91,500
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Which industries are materially affected by specific provisions in this bill. 1 helped.
The bill supports the growth of the geospatial technologies sector, which is considered a high-growth industry by the Department of Labor, potentially attracting investments from private equity and hedge funds (Whereas GIS fosters competition within the sector of geospatial technologies, which is considered a high-growth industry).
For each industry this bill affects, here's what the sponsor (Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33])received from donors associated with that industry during the 2022βpresent cycles. Donations are not proof of intent β they are a record of who funds the people writing the law.