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(b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a National 
Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program in accord-
ance with this section— 
(1) to archive geologic, geophysical, and engineering data, 
maps, well logs, and samples; 
(2) to provide a national catalog of such archival material; 
and 
(3) to provide technical and financial assistance related 
to the archival material. 
(c) PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a plan for 
the implementation of the Program. 
(d) DATA ARCHIVE SYSTEM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish, as a 
component of the Program, a data archive system to provide 
for the storage, preservation, and archiving of subsurface, sur-
face, geological, geophysical, and engineering data and samples. 
The Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, 
shall develop guidelines relating to the data archive system, 
including the types of data and samples to be preserved. 
(2) SYSTEM COMPONENTS.—The system shall be comprised 
of State agencies that elect to be part of the system and agencies 
within the Department of the Interior that maintain geological 
and geophysical data and samples that are designated by the 
Secretary in accordance with this subsection. The Program 
shall provide for the storage of data and samples through 
data repositories operated by such agencies. 
(3) LIMITATION OF DESIGNATION.—The Secretary may not 
designate a State agency as a component of the data archive 
system unless that agency is the agency that acts as the 
geological survey in the State. 
(4) DATA FROM FEDERAL LAND.—The data archive system 
shall provide for the archiving of relevant subsurface data 
and samples obtained from Federal land— 
(A) in the most appropriate repository designated 
under paragraph (2), with preference being given to 
archiving data in the State in which the data were col-
lected; and 
(B) consistent with all applicable law and requirements 
relating to confidentiality and proprietary data. 
(e) NATIONAL CATALOG.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and main-
tain, as a component of the Program, a national catalog that 
identifies— 
(A) data and samples available in the data archive 
system established under subsection (d); 
(B) the repository for particular material in the system; 
and 
(C) the means of accessing the material. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make the national 
catalog accessible to the public on the site of the Survey on 
the Internet, consistent with all applicable requirements related 
to confidentiality and proprietary data. 
(f) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee shall advise 
the Secretary on planning and implementation of the Program.
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(2) NEW
DUTIES.—In addition to its duties under the 
National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31a et seq.), 
the Advisory Committee shall perform the following duties: 
(A) Advise the Secretary on developing guidelines and 
procedures for providing assistance for facilities under sub-
section (g)(1). 
(B) Review and critique the draft implementation plan 
prepared by the Secretary under subsection (c). 
(C) Identify useful studies of data archived under the 
Program that will advance understanding of the Nation’s 
energy and mineral resources, geologic hazards, and 
engineering geology. 
(D) Review the progress of the Program in archiving 
significant data and preventing the loss of such data, and 
the scientific progress of the studies funded under the 
Program. 
(E) Include in the annual report to the Secretary 
required under section 5(b)(3) of the National Geologic 
Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d(b)(3)) an evaluation 
of the progress of the Program toward fulfilling the pur-
poses of the Program under subsection (b). 
(g) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) ARCHIVE
FACILITIES.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Secretary shall provide financial assistance 
to a State agency that is designated under subsection (d)(2) 
for providing facilities to archive energy material. 
(2) STUDIES.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, 
the Secretary shall provide financial assistance to any State 
agency designated under subsection (d)(2) for studies and tech-
nical 
assistance 
activities 
that 
enhance 
understanding, 
interpretation, and use of materials archived in the data archive 
system established under subsection (d). 
(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of an 
activity carried out with assistance under this subsection shall 
be not more than 50 percent of the total cost of the activity. 
(4) PRIVATE
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary shall apply 
to the non-Federal share of the cost of an activity carried 
out with assistance under this subsection the value of private 
contributions of property and services used for that activity. 
(h) REPORT.—The Secretary shall include in each report under 
section 8 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 
31g)— 
(1) a description of the status of the Program; 
(2) an evaluation of the progress achieved in developing 
the Program during the period covered by the report; and 
(3) any recommendations for legislative or other action 
the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate to fulfill 
the purposes of the Program under subsection (b). 
(i) MAINTENANCE OF STATE EFFORT.—It is the intent of Con-
gress that the States not use this section as an opportunity to 
reduce State resources applied to the activities that are the subject 
of the Program. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advisory Committee’’ 
means the advisory committee established under section 5 of 
the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d).