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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 485 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 1, 2005 

Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. BUNNING, and Mr. BINGAMAN) 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 2005’’. 

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 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 2005;’’; 

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 2005 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 (a) MEMBERSHIP.—Section 5(a) of the National Geo15 logic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d(a)) is amend16 ed— 

17 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (A) by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Inte19 rior or a designee from a land management 

20 agency of the Department of the Interior,’’ 

21 after ‘‘Administrator of the Environmental Pro22 tection Agency or a designee,’’; 

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

24 designee,’’; and 
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘, and the Assistant to the 

2 President for Science and Technology or a des3 ignee’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

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

6 that follows through ‘‘consultation’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘In consultation’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘Chief Geologist, as Chair9 man’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Director for Ge10 ology, as Chair’’; and 

11 (C) by striking ‘‘one representative from 

12 the private sector’’ and inserting ‘‘2 representa13 tives from the private sector’’. 

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

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

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

17 end; 

18 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para19 graph (4); and 

20 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(3) provide a scientific overview of geologic 

23 maps (including maps of geologic-based hazards) 

24 used or disseminated by Federal agencies for regula25 tion or land-use planning; and’’. 
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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5(a)(1) of 

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

3 31d(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘10-member’’ and in4 serting ‘‘11-member’’. 

5 SEC. 8. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL GEOLOGIC-MAP DATA6 BASE. 

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

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

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

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

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

12 (A) and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) all maps developed with funding pro14 vided by the National Cooperative Geologic 

15 Mapping Program, including under the Federal, 

16 State, and education components;’’. 

17 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL REPORT. 

18 Section 8 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 

19 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31g) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later’’ 

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

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

22 the National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 

23 2005 and biennially’’. 
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1 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCA2 TION. 

3 Section 9 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 

4 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31h) is amended— 

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

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro8 priated to carry out this Act $64,000,000 for each of fiscal 

9 years 2006 through 2010.’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

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

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

14 inserting ‘‘50’’; and 

15 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking 2 and in16 serting ‘‘4’’.

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