§31f — Title 43 Public Lands | U.S. Code

Summary

The U.S. Geological Survey must create a national geologic map database. It will be a single catalog and archive, linked to Federal and State map collections. The database must include maps made with money from the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (Federal, State, and education parts), the investigation databases tied to subclauses (III), (IV), and (V) of section 31c(d)(1)(C)(ii), and other maps and data the Survey and the Association agree are useful. Maps added to the archive must use standard file formats, symbols, and technical details so they can be opened, shared, and compared easily. That follows Executive Order 12906 (59 Fed. Reg. 17,671 (1994)). Organizations that contribute maps must work with the Federal Geographic Data Committee to develop those standards, as described in the Office of Management and Budget revised Circular A–16.

Title 43, §31f

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(a)(1)The Survey shall establish a national geologic-map database.

(2)The database shall serve as a national catalog and archive, distributed through links to Federal and State geologic map holdings, that includes—

(A)all maps developed with funding provided by the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, including under the Federal, State, and education components;

(B)the databases developed in connection with investigations under subclauses (III), (IV), and (V) of section 31c(d)(1)(C)(ii) of this title; and

(C)other maps and data that the Survey and the Association consider appropriate.

(b)(1)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.

(2)Entities that contribute geologic maps to the national archives shall develop the standards described in paragraph (1) in cooperation with the Federal Geographic Data Committee, which is charged with standards development and other data coordination activities as described in Office of Management and Budget revised Circular A–16.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Executive Order 12906, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is set out as a note under section 1457 of this title.

Amendments

2009—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–11, § 11001(g)(1), substituted “geologic-map” for “geologic map”. Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 111–11, § 11001(g)(2), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows: “all maps developed under the Federal component and the education component;”. 1999—Pub. L. 106–148 substituted “geologic map database” for “geologic-map data base” in section catchline, added subsec. (a), and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (a). Text read as follows: “The Survey shall establish a national geologic-map data base. Such data base shall be a national archive that includes all maps developed pursuant to sections 31a to 31h of this title, the data bases developed pursuant to the investigations under section 31c(d)(2)(C), (D), (E), and (F) of this title, and other maps and data as the Survey deems appropriate.” 1997—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–36 added subsec. (b) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (b). Text read as follows: “Geologic maps contributed to the national archives should have standardized format, symbols, and technical attributes so that archival information can be assimilated, manipulated, accessed, exchanged, and compared efficiently and accurately.”

§31f National Geologic Map Database