43 U.S.C. § 31b — Definitions

1. (1)Advisory committeeThe term “advisory committee” means the advisory committee established under section 31d of this title.
2. (2)AssociationThe term “Association” means the Association of American State Geologists.
3. (3)DirectorThe term “Director” means the Director of the United States Geological Survey.
4. (4)Education componentThe term “education component” means the education component of the geologic mapping program described in section 31c(d)(3) of this title.
5. (5)Federal componentThe term “Federal component” means the Federal component of the geologic mapping program described in section 31c(d)(1) of this title.
6. (6)Geologic mapping programThe term “geologic mapping program” means the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program established by section 31c(a) of this title.
7. (7)SecretaryThe term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
8. (8)StateThe 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. (9)State componentThe term “State component” means the State component of the geologic mapping program described in section 31c(d)(2) of this title.
10. (10)SurveyThe term “Survey” means the United States Geological Survey.