,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #gei #aaith  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ifdj
 ,report ,no4 #aai-hfb ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july   
#i1 #bjbf,mr4 ,wittman 7for himself and 
,mrs4 ,dingell7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,natural ,resources       
,october #bi1 #bjbf;,additional         
sponsors3 ,ms4 ,lee of ,nevada1 ,mrs4   
,bice1 ,mr4 ,fleischmann1 ,ms4 ,elfreth1
 ,mr4 ,crank1 ,mr4 ,evans of ,colorado1 
and ,mr4 ,vasquez  ,october #bi1        
#bjbf,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,july #i1 #bjbf   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,infrastructure
 ,investment and ,jobs ,act to          
reauthorize the ,earth ,mapping         
,resources ,initiative1 and for other   

purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,earth ,,mri        
,reauthorization ,act of #bjbf4  #b4    
,earth ,mapping ,resources ,initiative  
reauthorization  7a7 ,purpose ,section  
#djbja7;c77#a7 of the ,infrastructure   
,investment and ,jobs ,act 7#dc         
,u4,s4,c4#cal7c77#a77 is amended by     
inserting 1 which may include data      
derived from modern sensing             
technologies1 including advanced        
geophysical data acquisition approaches 
such as airborne gravity gradiometry1   
digital geochemistry and other advanced 
geochemical characterization methods1   
real-time or near real-time data        
acquisition systems1 and data-driven    
analytical methods to improve the       
characterization of critical mineral1   
geothermal1 geologic hydrogen1 and other
 subsurface resource systems after      
geophysical mapping4  7b7 ,integration  
of data sources ,section #djbja7;g7 of  
the ,infrastructure ,investment and     
,jobs ,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4#cal7g77 is    

amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
paragraph 7#e7 as paragraph 7#f72  7#b7 
in paragraph 7#d71 by striking and at   
the end2 and  7#c7 by inserting after   
paragraph 7#d7 the following3  7#e7 the 
#c;,d ,hydrography ,program of the      
,united ,states ,geological ,survey2 and
  4  7c7 ,reauthorization ,section      
#djbja7;h7 of the ,infrastructure       
,investment and ,jobs ,act 7#dc         
,u4,s4,c4#cal7h77 is amended by         
inserting and #hd1jjj1jjj for the period
 of fiscal years #bjbg through #bjca    
after #bjbb through #bjbf4  7d7         
,contracts ,section #djbja of the       
,infrastructure ,investment and ,jobs   
,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4#cal7 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7i7   
,contracts  7#a7 ,preference given to   
certain entities ,in entering into      
contracts pursuant to carrying out the  
,initiative1 the ,director of the       
,united ,states ,geological ,survey     
shall1 to the extent practicable1 give  
preference to ,united ,states-owned and 

,united ,states-controlled entities     
while ensuring that the selection       
process appropriately considers         
specialized expertise essential to the  
objectives of the ,initiative4  7#b7    
,disclosure of ownership ,to enter into 
a contract with the ,director of the    
,united ,states ,geological ,survey     
pursuant to the ,initiative1 an entity  
shall disclose the ownership of the     
primary contractor and each             
subcontractor expected to carry out any 
part of the contract4  4  ,october #bi1 
#bjbf,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed