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Union Calendar No. 65 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2362 

[Report No. 109–113] 

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 

JUNE 8, 2005 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

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’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT REFERENCES. 

2 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 

3 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

4 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi5 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to such 

6 section or other provision of the National Geologic Map7 ping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31a et seq.). 

8 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

9 Section 2(a) (43 U.S.C. 31a(a)) is amended as fol10 lows: 

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

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(1) although significant progress has been 

14 made in the production of geologic maps since the 

15 establishment of the National Cooperative Geologic 

16 Mapping Program in 1992, no modern, digital, geo17 logic map exists for approximately 75 percent of the 

18 Nation;’’. 

19 (2) Paragraph (2) is amended— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (C) by inserting 

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

22 (B) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘pre23 dicting’’ and inserting ‘‘identifying’’; 

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

25 at the end of subparagraph (I); 
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1 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 

2 subparagraph (K); and 

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

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(J) recreation and public awareness; 

6 and’’. 

7 (3) Paragraph (9) is amended by striking ‘‘im8 portant’’ and inserting ‘‘available’’. 

9 SEC. 4. PURPOSE. 

10 Section 2(b) (43 U.S.C. 31a(b)) is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘protection’’ and inserting ‘‘management’’. 

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

13 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 

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

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

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

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

18 the enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Re19 authorization Act of 2005;’’; 

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

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

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

23 of the enactment of the National Geologic Mapping 

24 Reauthorization Act of 2005 in accordance’’; and 
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1 (3) in subparagraph (C) in the matter pre2 ceding clause (i) by striking ‘‘not later than’’ and all 

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

4 biennially’’. 

5 SEC. 6. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. 

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

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

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

9 (2) by striking ‘‘provide’’ and inserting ‘‘pro10 vides’’. 

11 SEC. 7. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 

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

13 amended— 

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

15 end of subclause (I); 

16 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub17 clause (II) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘(III) the needs of Department 

20 of the Interior land management 

21 agencies.’’. 

22 SEC. 8. GEOLOGIC MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

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

24 (1) in paragraph (2)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Administrator of the En2 vironmental Protection Agency or a designee’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Interior or a 

4 designee from a land management agency of the 

5 Department of the Interior’’; 

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

7 designee,’’; and 

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

9 President for Science and Technology or a des10 ignee’’; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

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

13 that follows through ‘‘consultation’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘In consultation’’; 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘Chief Geologist, as Chair16 man’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Director for Ge17 ology, as Chair’’; and 

18 (C) by striking ‘‘one representative from 

19 the private sector’’ and inserting ‘‘two rep20 resentatives from the private sector’’. 

21 SEC. 9. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATA22 BASE. 

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

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

25 and inserting ‘‘geologic-map’’; and 
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1 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

3 (A) by inserting ‘‘information on how to ob4 tain’’ after ‘‘that includes’’; and 

5 (B) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

6 ‘‘under the Federal component and the edu7 cation component’’ and inserting ‘‘with funding 

8 provided under the national cooperative geologic 

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

10 SEC. 10. BIENNIAL REPORT. 

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

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

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

14 enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Reauthoriza15 tion Act of 2005 and biennially’’. 

16 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCA17 TION. 

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

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

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro22 priated to carry out this Act $64,000,000 for each of fiscal 

23 years 2006 through 2010.’’; and 

24 (2) in subsection (b)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘2005’’; 

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

4 and 

5 (C) by striking 2 and inserting ‘‘4’’. 
Union Calendar No. 65

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2362

[Report No. 109–113] 

A BILL

To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic 

Mapping Act of 1992. 

JUNE 8, 2005

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed