Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes historic investments in the USGS’ efforts to provide vital science to address critical minerals, energy and supply chain issues. As the nation’s principal source of Earth and biological science, the USGS is uniquely positioned to provide a broad spectrum of essential information to a wide range of infrastructure projects.
Earth MRI
The infrastructure law invests $320 million in the USGS Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI), a partnership of the USGS, the Association of American State Geologists and other governmental, Tribal and private-sector entities to update the nation’s surface and subsurface mapping.
National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program
The infrastructure law has enabled USGS to continue with $23.7 million of investments in the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (NGGDPP) that the USGS can make available to state geological surveys, as well as funding for projects to USGS and other DOI bureaus to preserve geological and geophysical data and samples.
Energy and Minerals Research Center
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has allocated $167 million for a new research facility to be built on the Colorado School of Mines campus that will allow USGS researchers to work alongside the university’s geoscience and energy professors.