HB3113, titled the Uniform School Mapping Act, would restrict the use of federal funds to procure certain emergency response maps unless those maps meet a detailed set of technical and accessibility standards. The bill defines an emergency response map as a map of a building, campus, or facility used by public safety agencies in responding to an emergency. To qualify for federal funding, a map must be digitally accessible on common devices, stored in the United States, compatible with public safety software, printable and shareable, oriented to true north, based on a coordinate grid, and include overlaid aerial imagery and labels for key site features such as access points, doors, hallways, hazards, stairwells, utility controls, and trauma kits. It also must be verified by walkthrough inspection, be updatable, and be made available without subscription fees or other restrictions to the procuring entity and the relevant public safety agencies.
In addition to the funding restriction, the bill directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through CISA, to develop within one year a federal strategy to procure and distribute compliant emergency response maps for federally owned or leased sites deemed critical by the Secretary. The strategy would also require distribution of those maps to the public safety agencies serving those sites, followed by a congressional briefing within 180 days after the strategy is submitted. The bill applies to fiscal year 2026 and later and would affect federal procurement practices for emergency planning and response mapping.
The bill’s impact on state and local practice is indirect but significant: it uses federal funding conditions to shape how emergency response maps are created, stored, shared, and updated for sites served by federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial public safety agencies. It would likely standardize mapping requirements across jurisdictions and could influence school safety planning, campus security, and emergency preparedness programs by requiring interoperable, digitally accessible, and freely shareable maps.
The available context shows no recorded votes or committee debate, so there is no documented floor or committee sentiment. Based on the bill’s structure and bipartisan sponsorship, the measure appears aimed at improving emergency response coordination and map usability rather than advancing a partisan policy change. The main points of potential contention are likely to be the cost and administrative burden of meeting the detailed technical requirements, the federal preemption-like effect of conditioning funds on map standards, and the requirement that maps be stored in the United States and shared without restriction, which may raise privacy, security, or implementation concerns for some agencies and institutions.
The bill would condition federal spending on emergency response maps on compliance with a uniform set of technical, accessibility, and sharing requirements, and it would direct DHS/CISA to create a federal procurement and distribution strategy for critical federal sites. Although it does not directly amend state law, it would affect state, local, tribal, and territorial public safety agencies by setting standards for the maps they receive and use, especially in school, campus, and facility emergency planning.
No committee transcript or vote history is available, so there is no documented formal sentiment from legislative debate. The bill’s bipartisan sponsorship suggests a generally constructive, safety-oriented posture, with the measure framed as a coordination and preparedness bill rather than a controversial policy shift.
Likely areas of contention include the cost of producing maps that satisfy the bill’s detailed specifications, the operational burden on schools and facilities, and concerns about whether mandated sharing of detailed site maps could create security or privacy risks. Some stakeholders may also question the federal government’s role in setting map standards and the requirement that data be stored in the United States and made available without subscription or other restrictions.