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Calendar No. 597

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3198

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 31, 1996

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

SEPTEMBER 13, 1996

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment

AN ACT

To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping

Act of 1992, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Geologic

5 Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1996’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds that—
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1 (1) in enacting the National Geologic Mapping

2 Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31a et seq.), Congress

3 found, among other things, that—

4 (A) during the 2 decades preceding enact5 ment of that Act, the production of geologic

6 maps had been drastically curtailed;

7 (B) geologic maps are the primary data

8 base for virtually all applied and basic earth9 science investigations;

10 (C) Federal agencies, State and local gov11 ernments, private industry, and the general

12 public depend on the information provided by

13 geologic maps to determine the extent of poten14 tial environmental damage before embarking on

15 projects that could lead to preventable, costly

16 environmental problems or litigation;

17 (D) the lack of proper geologic maps has

18 led to the poor design of such structures as

19 dams and waste-disposal facilities;

20 (E) geologic maps have proven indispen21 sable in the search for needed fossil fuel and

22 mineral resources; and

23 (F) a comprehensive nationwide program

24 of geologic mapping is required in order to sys25 tematically build the Nation’s geologic-map
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1 data base at a pace that responds to increasing

2 demand;

3 (2) the geologic mapping program called for by

4 that Act has not been fully implemented; and

5 (3) it is time for this important program to be

6 fully implemented.

7 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION AND AMENDMENT.

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the National Geo9 logic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31b) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘As used in this Act:’’ and in11 serting ‘‘In this Act:’’;

12 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4),

13 and (5) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), respec14 tively;

15 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow16 ing:

17 ‘‘(2) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘Association’

18 means the Association of American State Geolo19 gists.’’; and

20 (4) in each paragraph that does not have a

21 heading, by inserting a heading, in the same style as

22 the heading in paragraph (2), as added by para23 graph (3), the text of which is comprised of the term

24 defined in the paragraph.
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1 (b) GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM.—Section 4 of the

2 National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31c)

3 is amended—

4 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the

5 following:

6 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a na8 tional cooperative geologic mapping program be9 tween the United States Geological Survey and the

10 State geological surveys, acting through the Associa11 tion.

12 ‘‘(2) DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND ADMINIS13 TRATION.—The cooperative geologic mapping pro14 gram shall be—

15 ‘‘(A) designed and administered to achieve

16 the objectives set forth in subsection (c);

17 ‘‘(B) developed in consultation with the ad18 visory committee; and

19 ‘‘(C) administered through the Survey.’’;

20 (2) in subsection (b)—

21 (A) in the subsection heading by striking

22 ‘‘USGS’’ and inserting ‘‘THE SURVEY’’;

23 (B) in paragraph (1)—
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1 (i) by single-indenting the paragraphs,

2 double-indenting the subparagraphs, and

3 triple indenting the clauses;

4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘LEAD AGENCY.—’’

5 before ‘‘The Survey’’;

6 (iii) in subparagraph (A)—

7 (I) by striking ‘‘Committee on

8 Natural Resources’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘Committee on Resources’’; and

10 (II) by striking ‘‘date of enact11 ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘date

12 of enactment of the National Geologic

13 Mapping Reauthorization Act of

14 1996’’;

15 (iv) in subparagraph (B)—

16 (I) by striking ‘‘State geological

17 surveys’’ and inserting ‘‘Association’’;

18 and

19 (II) by striking ‘‘date of enact20 ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘date

21 of enactment of the National Geologic

22 Mapping Reauthorization Act of

23 1996’’; and

24 (v) in subparagraph (C)—
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1 (I) by striking ‘‘date of enact2 ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘date

3 of enactment of the National Geologic

4 Mapping Reauthorization Act of

5 1996’’;

6 (II) by striking ‘‘Committee on

7 Natural Resources’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘Committee on Resources’’;

9 (III) in clauses (i) and (ii) by in10 serting ‘‘and the Association’’ after

11 ‘‘the Survey’’;

12 (IV) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end

13 of clause (ii); and

14 (V) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the

15 end of clause (iii) and all that follows

16 through the end of the subparagraph

17 and inserting a period; and

18 (C) in paragraph (2)—

19 (i) by inserting ‘‘RESPONSIBILITIES

20 OF THE SECRETARY.—’’ before ‘‘In addi21 tion to’’; and

22 (ii) in subparagraph (A) by striking

23 ‘‘State geological surveys’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘Association’’;

25 (3) in subsection (c)—
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1 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘interpre2 tive’’ and inserting ‘‘interpretative’’; and

3 (B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘aware4 ness for’’ and inserting ‘‘awareness of’’; and

5 (4) in subsection (d)—

6 (A) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘FED7 ERAL COMPONENT.—’’ before ‘‘A Federal’’;

8 (B) in paragraph (2)—

9 (i) by inserting ‘‘SUPPORT COMPO10 NENT.—’’ before ‘‘A geologic’’; and

11 (ii) by striking subparagraph (D) and

12 inserting the following:

13 ‘‘(D) geochronologic and isotopic investiga14 tions that—

15 ‘‘(i) provide radiometric age dates for

16 geologic-map units; and

17 ‘‘(ii) fingerprint the geothermometry,

18 geobarometry, and alteration history of

19 geologic-map units,

20 which investigations shall be contributed to a

21 national geochronologic data base;’’;

22 (C) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘STATE

23 COMPONENT.—’’ before ‘‘A State’’; and

24 (D) by striking paragraph (4) and insert25 ing the following:
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1 ‘‘(4) EDUCATION COMPONENT.—A geologic

2 mapping education component—

3 ‘‘(A) the objectives of which shall be—

4 ‘‘(i) to develop the academic programs

5 that teach earth-science students the fun6 damental principles of geologic mapping

7 and field analysis; and

8 ‘‘(ii) to provide for broad education in

9 geologic mapping and field analysis

10 through support of field studies;

11 ‘‘(B) investigations under which shall be

12 integrated with the other mapping components

13 of the geologic mapping program and shall re14 spond to priorities identified for those compo15 nents; and

16 ‘‘(C) Federal funding for which shall be

17 matched by non-Federal sources on a 1-to-1

18 basis.’’.

19 (c) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 5 of the Na20 tional Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d) is

21 amended—

22 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the

23 following:

24 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be established

2 a 10-member geologic mapping advisory committee

3 to advise the Director on planning and implementa4 tion of the geologic mapping program.

5 ‘‘(2) MEMBERS EX OFFICIO.—Federal agency

6 members shall include the Administrator of the En7 vironmental Protection Agency or a designee, the

8 Secretary of Energy or a designee, the Secretary of

9 Agriculture or a designee, and the Assistant to the

10 President for Science and Technology or a designee.

11 ‘‘(3) APPOINTED MEMBERS.—Not later than 90

12 days after the date of enactment of the National

13 Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1996, in

14 consultation with the Association, the Secretary shall

15 appoint to the advisory committee 2 representatives

16 from the Survey (including the Chief Geologist, as

17 Chairman), 2 representatives from the State geologi18 cal surveys, 1 representative from academia, and 1

19 representative from the private sector.’’; and

20 (2) in subsection (b)(3) by striking ‘‘and State’’

21 and inserting ‘‘, State, and university’’.

22 (d) GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

23 PLAN.—Section 6 of the National Geologic Mapping Act

24 of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31e) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘cooperative’’

2 after ‘‘national’’;

3 (2) by striking paragraph (3)(C) and inserting

4 the following:

5 ‘‘(C) for the State geologic mapping com6 ponent, a priority-setting mechanism that re7 sponds to—

8 ‘‘(i) specific intrastate needs for geo9 logic-map information; and

10 ‘‘(ii) interstate needs shared by adja11 cent entities that have common require12 ments; and’’;

13 (3) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and in14 serting the following:

15 ‘‘(4) a mechanism for adopting scientific and

16 technical mapping standards for preparing and pub17 lishing general-purpose and special-purpose geologic

18 maps to—

19 ‘‘(A) ensure uniformity of cartographic and

20 scientific conventions; and

21 ‘‘(B) provide a basis for judgment as to

22 the comparability and quality of map products;

23 and’’; and

24 (4) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para25 graph (5).
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1 (e) NATIONAL GEOLOGIC-MAP DATA BASE.—Section

2 7 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43

3 U.S.C. 31f) is amended by striking subsection (b) and in4 serting the following:

5 ‘‘(b) STANDARDIZATION.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Geologic maps contributed

7 to the national archives shall have format, symbols,

8 and technical attributes that adhere to standards so

9 that archival information can be accessed, ex10 changed, and compared efficiently and accurately, as

11 required by Executive Order 12906 (59 Fed. Reg.

12 17,671 (1994)), which established the National Spa13 tial Data Infrastructure.

14 ‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS.—Entities

15 that contribute geologic maps to the national ar16 chives shall develop the standards described in para17 graph (1) in cooperation with the Federal Geo18 graphic Data Committee, which is charged with

19 standards development and other data coordination

20 activities as described in Office of Management and

21 Budget revised Circular A–16.’’.

22 (f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 8 of the National

23 Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31g) is amend24 ed in the first sentence—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘Committee on Natural Re2 sources’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Resources’’;

3 and

4 (2) by striking ‘‘program, and describing and

5 evaluating progress’’ and inserting ‘‘program and

6 describing and evaluating the progress’’.

7 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

8 9 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43

9 U.S.C. 31h) is amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap12 propriated to carry out the national cooperative geologic

13 mapping program under this Act—

14 ‘‘(1) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;

15 ‘‘(2) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;

16 ‘‘(3) $28,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and

17 ‘‘(4) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.

18 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount of funds

20 that are appropriated under subsection (a) for any

21 fiscal year up to the amount that is equal to the

22 amount appropriated to carry out the national coop23 erative geologic mapping program for fiscal year

24 1996—
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1 ‘‘(A) not less than 20 percent shall be allo2 cated to State mapping activities; and

3 ‘‘(B) not less than 2 percent shall be allo4 cated to educational mapping activities.

5 ‘‘(2) INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the

6 amount of funds that are appropriated under sub7 section (a) for any fiscal year up to the amount that

8 exceeds the amount appropriated to carry out the

9 national cooperative geologic mapping program for

10 fiscal year 1996—

11 ‘‘(A) for fiscal year 1997—

12 ‘‘(i) 76 percent shall be allocated for

13 Federal mapping and support mapping ac14 tivities;

15 ‘‘(ii) 22 percent shall be allocated for

16 State mapping activities; and

17 ‘‘(iii) 2 percent shall be allocated for

18 educational mapping activities;

19 ‘‘(B) for fiscal year 1998—

20 ‘‘(i) 75 percent shall be allocated for

21 Federal mapping and support mapping ac22 tivities;

23 ‘‘(ii) 23 percent shall be allocated for

24 State mapping activities; and
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1 ‘‘(iii) 2 percent shall be allocated for

2 educational mapping activities;

3 ‘‘(C) for fiscal year 1999—

4 ‘‘(i) 74 percent shall be allocated for

5 Federal mapping and support mapping ac6 tivities;

7 ‘‘(ii) 24 percent shall be allocated for

8 State mapping activities; and

9 ‘‘(iii) 2 percent shall be allocated for

10 educational mapping activities; and

11 ‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2000—

12 ‘‘(i) 73 percent shall be allocated for

13 Federal mapping and support mapping ac14 tivities;

15 ‘‘(ii) 25 percent shall be allocated for

16 State mapping activities; and

17 ‘‘(iii) 2 percent shall be allocated for

18 educational mapping activities.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 1996.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.

Calendar No. 597

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3198

AN ACT

To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic

Mapping Act of 1992, and for other purposes.

SEPTEMBER 13, 1996

Reported without amendment