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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2353

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 28, 2004

Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. BURNS, Mr. 

ROBERTS, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. BENNETT, and 

Mr. REID) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 2004’’. 

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 striking ‘‘pro25 tection’’ and inserting ‘‘management’’. 
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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 striking ‘‘not later 

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

8 inserting ‘‘not later than 1 year after the date of en9 actment of the National Geologic Mapping Reau10 thorization Act of 2004;’’; 

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

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

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

14 of enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Re15 authorization Act of 2004 in accordance’’; and 

16 (3) in the matter preceding clause (i) of sub17 paragraph (C), by striking ‘‘not later than’’ and all 

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

19 biennially’’. 

20 SEC. 5. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. 

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

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

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

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

25 (2) by striking ‘‘provide’’ and inserting ‘‘pro26 vides’’. 
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1 SEC. 6. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 

2 Section 4(d)(1)(B)(ii) of the National Geologic Map3 ping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31c(d)(1)(B)(ii)) is amend4 ed— 

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

6 semicolon at the end; 

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

8 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(III) the needs of land manage11 ment agencies of the Department of 

12 the Interior.’’. 

13 SEC. 7. GEOLOGIC MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

14 Section 5(a) of the National Geologic Mapping Act 

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

16 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘Administrator of the En18 vironmental Protection Agency or a designee’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Interior or a 

20 designee from a land management agency of the 

21 Department of the Interior’’; 

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

23 designee,’’; and 

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

25 President for Science and Technology or a des26 ignee’’; and 
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1 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

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

3 that follows through ‘‘consultation’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘In consultation’’; 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘Chief Geologist, as Chair6 man’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Director for Ge7 ology, as Chair’’; and 

8 (C) by striking ‘‘one representative from 

9 the private sector’’ and inserting ‘‘2 representa10 tives from the private sector’’. 

11 SEC. 8. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL GEOLOGIC-MAP DATA12 BASE. 

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

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

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

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

17 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

19 (A), by inserting ‘‘information on how to ob20 tain’’ after ‘‘that includes’’; and 

21 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘under the Federal component and the edu23 cation component’’ and inserting ‘‘with funding 

24 provided under the national cooperative geologic 

25 mapping program established by section 4(a)’’. 
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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 2004 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 2006 through 2010.’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

19 by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’; 

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

21 inserting ‘‘50’’; and 

22 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking 2 and in23 serting ‘‘4’’.

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