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Ill STAT. 1108 PUBLIC LAW 105-36—AUG. 5, 1997 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (7), respectively; (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: "(2) ASSOCIATION.—The term 'Association' means the Association of American State Geologists."; (4) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection) the following new paragraph: "(6) STATE. — The term 'State' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands."; and (5) in each paragraph that does not have a heading, by inserting a heading, in the same style as the heading in paragraph (2), as added by paragraph (3), the text of which is comprised of the term defined in the paragraph. (b) GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM. — Section 4 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31c) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: "(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— "(1) IN GENERAL,—There is established a national cooperative geologic mapping program between the United States Geological Survey and the State geological surveys, acting through the Association. "(2) DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND ADMINISTRATION. —The cooperative geologic mapping program shall be— "(A) desired and administered to achieve the objectives set forth in subsection (c); "(B) developed in consultation with the advisory committee; and "(C) administered through the Survey. "; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the subsection heading by striking "USGS" and inserting "THE SURVEY"; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) by single-indenting the paragraph, doubleindenting the subparagraphs, and triple-indenting the clauses; (ii) by inserting "LEAD AGENCY. — " before 'The Survey"; (iii) in subparagraph (A)— (I) by striking "Committee on Natural Resources and inserting "Committee on Resources"; and (II) by striking "date of enactment of this Act" and inserting "date of enactment of the National Greologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1997"; (iv) in subparagraph (B)— (I) by striking "State geological surveys" and inserting "Association"; and (II) by striking "date of enactment of this Act" and inserting "date of enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1997"; and (v) in subparagraph (C)— (I) by striking "date of enactment of this Act" and inserting "date of enactment of the National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1997";