; Whereas GPS-based time synchronization assists power and utility companies in providing efficient power transmission and distribution; Whereas smart grid infrastructure is increasingly reliant on GPS for synchronization and system resilience; Whereas GPS supports autonomous vehicle development by complementing embedded vehicle sensors to determine precise vehicle location and improving safety; Whereas the Federal Aviation Administration relies on GPS to improve all aspects of commercial aviation safety and efficiency, including by providing greater precision and accuracy in all phases of flight, and GPS is also essential for enabling the Next Generation Air Transportation (NEXTGEN) system; Whereas the Federal Aviation Administration relies on GPS to improve commercial aviation safety by synchronizing reporting of hazardous weather with 45 Terminal Doppler Weather Radars; Whereas GPS-based time synchronization assists power and utility companies in providing efficient power transmission and distribution; and Whereas economic contributions by GPS include— (1) GPS provides economic benefits valued at $68,700,000,000 or 0.4 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States; (2) the Department of Homeland Security identifies GPS as essential to 14 of the 16 industries that are classified as part of the Nation’s critical infrastructure; (3) GPS-enabled precision agriculture is estimated to save farmers 10 to 15 percent in operating costs and purchased inputs and the broad economic benefits of precision agriculture are estimated at $13,700,000,000; (4) GPS-enabled surveying is estimated to produce $11,600,000,000 in economic impact; (5) globally, 3,600,000,000 Global Navigation Satellite System devices were in use in 2014, 450,000,000 of which were in North America; (6) geospatial services ecosystem, which are supported by GPS, are estimated to drive $1,600,000,000,000 in revenues and $1,400,000,000,000 in cost savings throughout the United States economy