-- There is established in the Department of the Interior a
grant program
under which the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this
section as the «Secretary») shall provide
grants to individual States, State Geologic Surveys, or Regional Consortiums to build, maintain, and operate centers to store geologic samples (including core samples, surface samples, micropaleontology samples, well cuttings, and geochemical samples) collected as a result of oil and gas
exploration, mineral
exploration, and geotechnical studies and research.