109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2362
AN ACT 
To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping 
Act of 1992.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Geologic 
Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to such 
section or other provision of the National Geologic Map-
ping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31a et seq.). 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Section 2(a) (43 U.S.C. 31a(a)) is amended as fol-
lows: 
(1) By striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) although significant progress has been 
made in the production of geologic maps since the 
establishment of the National Cooperative Geologic 
Mapping Program in 1992, no modern, digital, geo-
logic map exists for approximately 75 percent of the 
Nation;’’. 
(2) Paragraph (2) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (C) by inserting 
‘‘homeland and’’ after ‘‘planning for’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘pre-
dicting’’ and inserting ‘‘identifying’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
at the end of subparagraph (I); 
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 
subparagraph (K); and 
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 
following: 
‘‘(J) recreation and public awareness; 
and’’. 
(3) Paragraph (9) is amended by striking ‘‘im-
portant’’ and inserting ‘‘available’’. 
SEC. 4. PURPOSE. 
Section 2(b) (43 U.S.C. 31a(b)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘protection’’ and inserting ‘‘management’’. 
SEC. 5. DEADLINES FOR ACTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES 
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
Section 4(b)(1) (43 U.S.C. 31c(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘not later 
than’’ and all that follows through the semicolon and 
inserting ‘‘not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Re-
authorization Act of 2005;’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘not later 
than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in accordance’’ 
and inserting ‘‘not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of the National Geologic Mapping 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 in accordance’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (C) in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i) by striking ‘‘not later than’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘submit’’ and inserting ‘‘submit 
biennially’’. 
SEC. 6. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. 
Section 4(c)(2) (43 U.S.C. 31c(c)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘geophysical-map data base, 
geochemical-map data base, and a’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘provide’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
vides’’. 
SEC. 7. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 
Section 4(d)(1)(B)(ii) (43 U.S.C. 31c(d)(1)(B)(ii)) is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 
end of subclause (I); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
clause (II) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) the needs of Department 
of the Interior land management 
agencies.’’. 
SEC. 8. GEOLOGIC MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
Section 5(a) (43 U.S.C. 31d(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency or a designee’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Interior or a 
designee from a land management agency of the 
Department of the Interior’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Energy or a 
designee,’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘, and the Assistant to the 
President for Science and Technology or a des-
ignee’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘consultation’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘In consultation’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Chief Geologist, as Chair-
man’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Director for Ge-
ology, as Chair’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘one representative from 
the private sector’’ and inserting ‘‘two rep-
resentatives from the private sector’’. 
SEC. 9. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATA-
BASE. 
Section 7(a) (43 U.S.C. 31f(a)) is amended—