[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5171 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5171

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


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2008

 Mr. Costa (for himself and Mr. Rahall) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Section 2(a) of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 
U.S.C. 31a(a)) is amended--
            (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 United States;''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``homeland 
                and'' after ``planning for'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``predicting'' 
                and inserting ``identifying'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon at the end;
                    (D) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 
                subparagraph (K); and
                    (E) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 
                following:
                    ``(J) recreation and public awareness; and''; and
            (3) in paragraph (9), by striking ``important'' and 
        inserting ``available''.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    Section 2(b) of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 
U.S.C. 31a(b)) is amended by inserting ``and management'' before the 
period at the end.

SEC. 4. DEADLINES FOR ACTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

    Section 4(b)(1) of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 
U.S.C. 31c(b)(1)) is amended in the second sentence--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``Natural'' before 
        ``Resources of the House'' and striking ``not later than'' and 
        all that follows through the semicolon and inserting ``not 
        later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the National 
        Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2008;'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``not later than'' and 
        all that follows through ``in accordance'' and inserting ``not 
        later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the National 
        Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2008 in accordance''; 
        and
            (3) in the matter preceding clause (i) of subparagraph (C), 
        by striking ``not later than'' and all that follows through 
        ``submit'' and inserting ``submit biennially'' and by inserting 
        ``Natural'' before ``Resources of the House''.

SEC. 5. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.

    Section 4(c)(2) of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (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. 6. GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM COMPONENTS.

    Section 4(d)(1)(B)(ii) of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 
(43 U.S.C. 31c(d)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (I), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon at the end;
            (2) in subclause (II), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(III) the needs of land 
                                management agencies of the Department 
                                of the Interior.''.

SEC. 7. GEOLOGIC MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Membership.--Section 5(a) of the National Geologic Mapping Act 
of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``the Secretary of the Interior or 
                a designee from a land management agency of the 
                Department of the Interior,'' after ``Administrator of 
                the Environmental Protection Agency or a designee,'';
                    (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 ``2 representatives from 
                the private sector''.
    (b) Duties.--Section 5(b) of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 
1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) at the request of the President, a designee of the 
        President, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
        Representatives, or the Committee on Energy and Natural 
        Resources of the Senate, provide an overview report on the 
        quality, utility, and appropriateness of geologic maps 
        (including maps of geologic hazards) used or disseminated by 
        Federal agencies for regulation or land-use planning; and''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5(a)(1) of the National Geologic 
Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``10-
member'' and inserting ``11-member''.

SEC. 8. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL GEOLOGIC-MAP DATABASE.

    Section 7(a) of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (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), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(A) all maps developed with funding provided by 
                the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, 
                including under the Federal, State, and education 
                components;''.

SEC. 9. BIENNIAL REPORT.

    Section 8 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (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 
enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2008 
and biennially''.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCATION.

    Section 9 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (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 2008 through 2017.''; 
and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2008'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``48'' and 
                inserting ``50''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2'' and 
                inserting ``4''.
                                 <all>