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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2362 

To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 2005 

Mr. GIBBONS (for himself and Mrs. CUBIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT REFERENCES. 

7 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 

8 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

9 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi10 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to such 
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1 section or other provision of the National Geologic Map2 ping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31a et seq.). 

3 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

4 Section 2(a) (43 U.S.C. 31a(a)) is amended as fol5 lows: 

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

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(1) although significant progress has been 

9 made in the production of geologic maps since the 

10 establishment of the National Cooperative Geologic 

11 Mapping Program in 1992, no modern, digital, geo12 logic map exists for approximately 75 percent of the 

13 Nation;’’. 

14 (2) Paragraph (2) is amended— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (C) by inserting 

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

17 (B) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘pre18 dicting’’ and inserting ‘‘identifying’’; 

19 (C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 

20 at the end of subparagraph (I); 

21 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 

22 subparagraph (K); and 

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

24 following: 
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1 ‘‘(J) recreation and public awareness; 

2 and’’. 

3 (3) Paragraph (9) is amended by striking ‘‘im4 portant’’ and inserting ‘‘available’’. 

5 SEC. 4. PURPOSE. 

6 Section 2(b) (43 U.S.C. 31a(b)) is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘protection’’ and inserting ‘‘management’’. 

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

9 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 

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

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

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

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

14 the enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Re15 authorization Act of 2005;’’; 

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

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

18 and inserting ‘‘not later than one year after the date 

19 of the enactment of the National Geologic Mapping 

20 Reauthorization Act of 2005 in accordance’’; and 

21 (3) in subparagraph (C) in the matter pre22 ceding clause (i) by striking ‘‘not later than’’ and all 

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

24 biennially’’. 
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1 SEC. 6. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. 

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

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

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

5 (2) by striking ‘‘provide’’ and inserting ‘‘pro6 vides’’. 

7 SEC. 7. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 

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

9 amended— 

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

11 end of subclause (I); 

12 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub13 clause (II) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘(III) the needs of Department 

16 of the Interior land management 

17 agencies.’’. 

18 SEC. 8. GEOLOGIC MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

19 Section 5(a) (43 U.S.C. 31d(a)) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Administrator of the En22 vironmental Protection Agency or a designee’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Interior or a 

24 designee from a land management agency of the 

25 Department of the Interior’’; 
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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Energy or a 

2 designee,’’; and 

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

4 President for Science and Technology or a des5 ignee’’; and 

6 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

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

8 that follows through ‘‘consultation’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘In consultation’’; 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘Chief Geologist, as Chair11 man’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Director for Ge12 ology, as Chair’’; and 

13 (C) by striking ‘‘one representative from 

14 the private sector’’ and inserting ‘‘two rep15 resentatives from the private sector’’. 

16 SEC. 9. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATA17 BASE. 

18 Section 7(a) (43 U.S.C. 31f(a)) is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘geologic map’’ 

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

21 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘information on how to ob24 tain’’ after ‘‘that includes’’; and 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

2 ‘‘under the Federal component and the edu3 cation component’’ and inserting ‘‘with funding 

4 provided under the national cooperative geologic 

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

6 SEC. 10. BIENNIAL REPORT. 

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

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

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

10 enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Reauthoriza11 tion Act of 2005 and biennially’’. 

12 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCA13 TION. 

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

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

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro18 priated to carry out this Act $64,000,000 for each of fiscal 

19 years 2006 through 2010.’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

22 ‘‘2005’’; 

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

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

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