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National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Introduced in Senate)

S 2353 IS

108th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2353

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 28, 2004

Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. BURNS, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. BENNETT, and Mr. REID) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 2004'.

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';

(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 striking `protection' and inserting `management'.

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 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 2004;';

(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 2004 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'.

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.

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 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

(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

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)--

(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 established by section 4(a)'.

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 2004 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 2006 through 2010.'; and

(2) in subsection (b)--

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking `2000' and inserting `2005';

(B) in paragraph (1), by striking `48' and inserting `50'; and

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