(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.