The Federal Advisory Committee for the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program meets to evaluate progress made towards
fulfilling the Federal, State, and Educational components of the National Geologic Mapping Act (NGMA)as well as an evaluation
of the progress of the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (NGGDPP) as established by the NGGDPP
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58).