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Code · U.S. Code · Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS · CHAPTER 2— UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY · § 31b

§ 31b. Definitions

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In sections 31a to 31h of this title:
(1)Advisory committee The term “advisory committee” means the advisory committee established under section 31d of this title.
(2)Association The term “Association” means the Association of American State Geologists.
(3)Director The term “Director” means the Director of the United States Geological Survey.
(4)Education component The term “education component” means the education component of the geologic mapping program described in section 31c(d)(3) of this title.
(5)Federal component The term “Federal component” means the Federal component of the geologic mapping program described in section 31c(d)(1) of this title.
(6)Geologic mapping program The term “geologic mapping program” means the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program established by section 31c(a) of this title.
(7)Secretary The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
(8)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.
(9)State component The term “State component” means the State component of the geologic mapping program described in section 31c(d)(2) of this title.
(10)Survey The term “Survey” means the United States Geological Survey.
(Pub. L. 102–285, § 3, May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 167; Pub. L. 105–36, § 3(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 1107; Pub. L. 106–148, § 3, Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1719; Pub. L. 116–9, title V, § 5002(c), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 768.)
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  • Pub. L. 102–285, § 3
  • 106 Stat. 167
  • Pub. L. 105–36, § 3(a)
  • 111 Stat. 1107
  • Pub. L. 106–148, § 3
  • 113 Stat. 1719
  • 133 Stat. 768
  • Pub. L. 102–285
  • Pub. L. 106–148
  • Pub. L. 105–36, § 3(a)(1)
  • Pub. L. 105–36, § 3(a)(5)
  • Pub. L. 105–36, § 3(a)(2)
  • Pub. L. 105–36, § 3(a)(4)
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