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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2362 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 28, 2005 

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

Resources 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping 

Act of 1992. 

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

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

3 Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2005’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT REFERENCES. 

5 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 

6 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

7 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi8 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to such 

9 section or other provision of the National Geologic Map10 ping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31a et seq.). 

11 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

12 Section 2(a) (43 U.S.C. 31a(a)) is amended as fol13 lows: 

14 (1) By striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(1) although significant progress has been 

17 made in the production of geologic maps since the 

18 establishment of the National Cooperative Geologic 

19 Mapping Program in 1992, no modern, digital, geo20 logic map exists for approximately 75 percent of the 

21 Nation;’’. 

22 (2) Paragraph (2) is amended— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (C) by inserting 

24 ‘‘homeland and’’ after ‘‘planning for’’; 

25 (B) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘pre26 dicting’’ and inserting ‘‘identifying’’; 
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 

2 at the end of subparagraph (I); 

3 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 

4 subparagraph (K); and 

5 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(J) recreation and public awareness; 

8 and’’. 

9 (3) Paragraph (9) is amended by striking ‘‘im10 portant’’ and inserting ‘‘available’’. 

11 SEC. 4. PURPOSE. 

12 Section 2(b) (43 U.S.C. 31a(b)) is amended by strik13 ing ‘‘protection’’ and inserting ‘‘management’’. 

14 SEC. 5. DEADLINES FOR ACTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES 

15 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 

16 Section 4(b)(1) (43 U.S.C. 31c(b)(1)) is amended— 

17 (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘not later 

18 than’’ and all that follows through the semicolon and 

19 inserting ‘‘not later than one year after the date of 

20 the enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Re21 authorization Act of 2005;’’; 

22 (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘not later 

23 than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in accordance’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘not later than one year after the date 
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1 of the enactment of the National Geologic Mapping 

2 Reauthorization Act of 2005 in accordance’’; and 

3 (3) in subparagraph (C) in the matter pre4 ceding clause (i) by striking ‘‘not later than’’ and all 

5 that follows through ‘‘submit’’ and inserting ‘‘submit 

6 biennially’’. 

7 SEC. 6. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. 

8 Section 4(c)(2) (43 U.S.C. 31c(c)(2)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘geophysical-map data base, 

10 geochemical-map data base, and a’’; and 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘provide’’ and inserting ‘‘pro12 vides’’. 

13 SEC. 7. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 

14 Section 4(d)(1)(B)(ii) (43 U.S.C. 31c(d)(1)(B)(ii)) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 

17 end of subclause (I); 

18 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub19 clause (II) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(III) the needs of Department 

22 of the Interior land management 

23 agencies.’’. 

24 SEC. 8. GEOLOGIC MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

25 Section 5(a) (43 U.S.C. 31d(a)) is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘Administrator of the En3 vironmental Protection Agency or a designee’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Interior or a 

5 designee from a land management agency of the 

6 Department of the Interior’’; 

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Energy or a 

8 designee,’’; and 

9 (C) by striking ‘‘, and the Assistant to the 

10 President for Science and Technology or a des11 ignee’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and all 

14 that follows through ‘‘consultation’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘In consultation’’; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘Chief Geologist, as Chair17 man’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Director for Ge18 ology, as Chair’’; and 

19 (C) by striking ‘‘one representative from 

20 the private sector’’ and inserting ‘‘two rep21 resentatives from the private sector’’. 

22 SEC. 9. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATA23 BASE. 

24 Section 7(a) (43 U.S.C. 31f(a)) is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘geologic map’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘geologic-map’’; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘information on how to ob6 tain’’ after ‘‘that includes’’; and 

7 (B) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

8 ‘‘under the Federal component and the edu9 cation component’’ and inserting ‘‘with funding 

10 provided under the national cooperative geologic 

11 mapping program authorized by section 4(a)’’. 

12 SEC. 10. BIENNIAL REPORT. 

13 Section 8 (43 U.S.C. 31g) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘Not later’’ and all that follows through ‘‘biennially’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘Not later than 3 years after the date of the 

16 enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Reauthoriza17 tion Act of 2005 and biennially’’. 

18 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCA19 TION. 

20 Section 9 (43 U.S.C. 31h) is amended— 

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

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro24 priated to carry out this Act $64,000,000 for each of fiscal 

25 years 2006 through 2010.’’; and 
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1 (2) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘2005’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘48’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’; 

5 and 

6 (C) by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 27, 2005. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk.