109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 485

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,

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. FINDINGS.

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

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

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

5 following:

6 ‘‘(1) although significant progress has been

7 made in the production of geologic maps since the

8 establishment of the national cooperative geologic

9 mapping program in 1992, no modern, digital, geo10 logic map exists for approximately 75 percent of the

11 United States;’’; and

12 (2) in paragraph (2)—

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

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

15 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘pre16 dicting’’ and inserting ‘‘identifying’’;

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

18 after the semicolon at the end;

19 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as

20 subparagraph (K); and

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

22 following:

23 ‘‘(J) recreation and public awareness;

24 and’’; and

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

26 and inserting ‘‘available’’.
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1 SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

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

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

4 management’’ before the period at the end.

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

6 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

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

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

9 sentence—

10 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘not later

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

12 inserting ‘‘not later than 1 year after the date of en13 actment of the National Geologic Mapping Reau14 thorization Act of 2005;’’;

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

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

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

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

20 (3) in the matter preceding clause (i) of sub21 paragraph (C), by striking ‘‘not later than’’ and all

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

23 biennially’’.

24 SEC. 5. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.

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

26 of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31c(c)(2)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘geophysical-map data base,

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

3 (2) by striking ‘‘provide’’ and inserting ‘‘pro4 vides’’.

5 SEC. 6. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM COMPONENTS.

6 Section 4(d)(1)(B)(ii) of the National Geologic Map7 ping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31c(d)(1)(B)(ii)) is

8 amended—

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

10 semicolon at the end;

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

12 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

14 ‘‘(III) the needs of land manage15 ment agencies of the Department of

16 the Interior.’’.

17 SEC. 7. GEOLOGIC MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

18 (a) MEMBERSHIP.—Section 5(a) of the National Geo19 logic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d(a)) is

20 amended—

21 (1) in paragraph (2)—

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Inte23 rior or a designee from a land management

24 agency of the Department of the Interior,’’
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1 after ‘‘Administrator of the Environmental Pro2 tection Agency or a designee,’’;

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

4 designee,’’; and

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

6 President for Science and Technology or a des7 ignee’’; and

8 (2) in paragraph (3)—

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

10 that follows through ‘‘consultation’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘In consultation’’;

12 (B) by striking ‘‘Chief Geologist, as Chair13 man’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Director for Ge14 ology, as Chair’’; and

15 (C) by striking ‘‘one representative from

16 the private sector’’ and inserting ‘‘2 representa17 tives from the private sector’’.

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

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

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

21 end;

22 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para23 graph (4); and

24 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol25 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(3) provide a scientific overview of geologic

2 maps (including maps of geologic-based hazards)

3 used or disseminated by Federal agencies for regula4 tion or land-use planning; and’’.

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

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

7 31d(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘10-member’’ and in8 serting ‘‘11-member’’.

9 SEC. 8. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL GEOLOGIC-MAP DATA10 BASE.

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

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

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

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

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

16 (A) and inserting the following:

17 ‘‘(A) all maps developed with funding pro18 vided by the National Cooperative Geologic

19 Mapping Program, including under the Federal,

20 State, and education components;’’.

21 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL REPORT.

22 Section 8 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of

23 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31g) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later’’

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

25 ‘‘Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of
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1 the National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of

2 2005 and biennially’’.

3 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCA4 TION.

5 Section 9 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of

6 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31h) is amended—

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

8 following:

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro10 priated to carry out this Act $64,000,000 for each of fiscal

11 years 2006 through 2015.’’; and

12 (2) in subsection (b)—

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

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

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

16 inserting ‘‘50’’; and

17 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking 2 and in18 serting ‘‘4’’.

Passed the Senate November 16, 2005.

Attest:

Secretary.
109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 485

AN ACT

To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic

Mapping Act of 1992.