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                                                  Union Calendar No. 65
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2362

                          [Report No. 109-113]

  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

                              June 8, 2005

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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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''.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 65

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2362

                          [Report No. 109-113]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                              June 8, 2005

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed