2003 US Code
Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 2 - UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Sec. 31f - National geologic map database
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 2 - UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Sec. 31f - National geologic map database |
Contains | section 31f |
Date | 2003 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 19, 2004 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 102-285, §7, May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 171; Pub. L. 105-36, §3(e), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 1110; Pub. L. 106-148, §7, Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1723. |
Presidential Document Number References | Executive Order 12906 |
Statutes at Large References | 106 Stat. 171 111 Stat. 1110 113 Stat. 1723 |
Public Law References | Public Law 102-285, Public Law 105-36, Public Law 106-148 |
§31f. National geologic map database (a) Establishment (1) In general
The Survey shall establish a national geologic map database.
(2) FunctionThe 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 under the Federal component and the education component;
(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) Standardization (1) In generalGeologic 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) Development of standardsEntities 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.
(Pub. L. 102–285, §7, May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 171; Pub. L. 105–36, §3(e), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 1110; Pub. L. 106–148, §7, Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1723.)
References in TextExecutive Order 12906, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is set out as a note under section 1457 of this title.
Amendments1999—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 sections 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.”
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 31c, 31d, 31g, 31h of this title.
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