43 U.S.C. § 31b : US Code - Section 31B: Definitions

Search 43 U.S.C. § 31b : US Code - Section 31B: Definitions

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 31e(d)(3) (!1)
of this title.
(5) Federal component
The term "Federal component" means the Federal component of the
geologic mapping program described in section 31e(d)(1) (!2) 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 31e(d)(2) (!3) of
this title.
(10) Survey
The term "Survey" means the United States Geological Survey.