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.