Ill STAT. 1110 PUBLIC LAW 105-36 —AUG. 5, 1997 (c) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— Section 5 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 3 Id) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: "(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —T here shall be established a 10-member geologic mapping advisory committee to advise the Director on planning and implementation of the geologic mapping program. "(2) MEMBERS EX OFFICIO.— Federal agency members shall include the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or a designee, the Secretary of Energy or a designee, the Secretary of Agriculture or a designee, and the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology or a designee. "(3) APPOINTED MEMBERS. —Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1997, in consultation with the Association, the Secretary shall appoint to the advisory committee two representatives from the Survey (including the Chief Geologist, as Chairman), two representatives from the State geological surveys, one representative from academia, and one representative from the private sector."; and (2) in subsection (b)(3) by striking "and State" and inserting ", State, and university". (d) GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. — Section 6 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31e) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting "cooperative" after "national"; (2) by striking paragraph (3)(C) and inserting the following: "(C) for the State geologic mapping component, a priority-setting mechanism that responds to— "(i) specific intrastate needs for geologic-map information; and "(ii) interstate needs shared by adjacent entities that have common requirements; and"; (3) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and inserting the following: "(4) a mechanism for adopting scientific and technical mapping standards for preparing and publishing generalpurpose and special-purpose geologic maps to— "(A) ensure uniformity of cartographic and scientific conventions; and "(B) provide a basis for judgment as to the comparability and quality of map products; and"; and (4) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5). (e) NATIONAL GEOLOGIC-MAP DATA BASE. — Section 7 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31f) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: " (b) STANDARDIZATION.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — Geologic maps contributed to the national archives shall have format, symbols, and technical attributes that adhere to standards so that archival information can be accessed, exchanged, and compared efficiently and accurately, as required by Executive Order 12906 (59 Fed. Reg. 17,671 (1994)), which established the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
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