[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2362 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2362
To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 16, 2005
Mr. Gibbons (for himself and Mrs. Cubin) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Resources
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A BILL
To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 provision, the reference shall be considered to
be made to such section or other provision of the National Geologic
Mapping 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 follows:
(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, geologic 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 ``predicting''
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 ``important'' and
inserting ``available''.
SEC. 4. PURPOSE.
Section 2(b) (43 U.S.C. 31a(b)) is amended by striking
``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 Reauthorization 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 preceding 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 ``provides''.
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 subclause (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
Environmental 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 designee'';
and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking ``Not later than'' and all that
follows through ``consultation'' and inserting ``In
consultation'';
(B) by striking ``Chief Geologist, as Chairman''
and inserting ``Associate Director for Geology, as
Chair''; and
(C) by striking ``one representative from the
private sector'' and inserting ``two representatives
from the private sector''.
SEC. 9. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATABASE.
Section 7(a) (43 U.S.C. 31f(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``geologic map'' and
inserting ``geologic-map''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by
inserting ``information on how to obtain'' after ``that
includes''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``under the
Federal component and the education component'' and
inserting ``with funding provided under the national
cooperative geologic mapping program authorized by
section 4(a)''.
SEC. 10. BIENNIAL REPORT.
Section 8 (43 U.S.C. 31g) is amended by striking ``Not later'' and
all that follows through ``biennially'' and inserting ``Not later than
3 years after the date of the enactment of the National Geologic
Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2005 and biennially''.
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCATION.
Section 9 (43 U.S.C. 31h) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
``(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this Act $64,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.'';
and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2005'';
(B) by striking ``48'' and inserting ``50''; and
(C) by striking 2 and inserting ``4''.
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