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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5171 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2008 

Mr. COSTA (for himself and Mr. RAHALL) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Natural 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 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Section 2(a) of the National Geologic Mapping Act 

8 of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31a(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

10 following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) although significant progress has been 

2 made in the production of geologic maps since the 

3 establishment of the national cooperative geologic 

4 mapping program in 1992, no modern, digital, geo5 logic map exists for approximately 75 percent of the 

6 United States;’’; and 

7 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

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

10 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘pre11 dicting’’ and inserting ‘‘identifying’’; 

12 (C) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

13 after the semicolon at the end; 

14 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 

15 subparagraph (K); and 

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

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(J) recreation and public awareness; 

19 and’’; and 

20 (3) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘important’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘available’’. 

22 SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

23 Section 2(b) of the National Geologic Mapping Act 

24 of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31a(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

25 management’’ before the period at the end. 


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1 SEC. 4. DEADLINES FOR ACTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES 

2 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 

3 Section 4(b)(1) of the National Geologic Mapping Act 

4 of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31c(b)(1)) is amended in the second 

5 sentence— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘Nat7 ural’’ before ‘‘Resources of the House’’ and striking 

8 ‘‘not later than’’ and all that follows through the 

9 semicolon and inserting ‘‘not later than 1 year after 

10 the date of enactment of the National Geologic Map11 ping Reauthorization Act of 2008;’’; 

12 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘not later 

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

14 and inserting ‘‘not later than 1 year after the date 

15 of enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Re16 authorization Act of 2008 in accordance’’; and 

17 (3) in the matter preceding clause (i) of sub18 paragraph (C), by striking ‘‘not later than’’ and all 

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

20 biennially’’ and by inserting ‘‘Natural’’ before ‘‘Re21 sources of the House’’. 

22 SEC. 5. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. 

23 Section 4(c)(2) of the National Geologic Mapping Act 

24 of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31c(c)(2)) is amended— 

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

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


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘provide’’ and inserting ‘‘pro2 vides’’. 

3 SEC. 6. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 

4 Section 4(d)(1)(B)(ii) of the National Geologic Map5 ping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31c(d)(1)(B)(ii)) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

8 semicolon at the end; 

9 (2) in subclause (II), by striking the period at 

10 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

12 ‘‘(III) the needs of land manage13 ment agencies of the Department of 

14 the Interior.’’. 

15 SEC. 7. GEOLOGIC MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

16 (a) MEMBERSHIP.—Section 5(a) of the National Geo17 logic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d(a)) is amend18 ed— 

19 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Inte21 rior or a designee from a land management 

22 agency of the Department of the Interior,’’ 

23 after ‘‘Administrator of the Environmental Pro24 tection Agency or a designee,’’; 


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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 ‘‘2 representa15 tives from the private sector’’. 

16 (b) DUTIES.—Section 5(b) of the National Geologic 

17 Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d(b)) is amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

19 end; 

20 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para21 graph (4); and 

22 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(3) at the request of the President, a designee 

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1 sources of the House of Representatives, or the 

2 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 

3 Senate, provide an overview report on the quality, 

4 utility, and appropriateness of geologic maps (includ5 ing maps of geologic hazards) used or disseminated 

6 by Federal agencies for regulation or land-use plan7 ning; and’’. 

8 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5(a)(1) of 

9 the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 

10 31d(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘10-member’’ and in11 serting ‘‘11-member’’. 

12 SEC. 8. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL GEOLOGIC-MAP DATA13 BASE. 

14 Section 7(a) of the National Geologic Mapping Act 

15 of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31f(a)) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘geologic 

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

18 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 

19 (A) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) all maps developed with funding pro21 vided by the National Cooperative Geologic 

22 Mapping Program, including under the Federal, 

23 State, and education components;’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL REPORT. 

2 Section 8 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 

3 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31g) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later’’ 

4 and all that follows through ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 

6 the National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 

7 2008 and biennially’’. 

8 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCA9 TION. 

10 Section 9 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 

11 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31h) is amended— 

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

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro15 priated to carry out this Act $64,000,000 for each of fiscal 

16 years 2008 through 2017.’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

19 by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘48’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘50’’; and 

22 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘4’’. 

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