[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 2864 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 305
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2864

                          [Report No. 111-531]

To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize 
 funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services 
  specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United 
 States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description 
                          of coastal changes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2009

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

                             July 13, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 
                               12, 2009]


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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize 
 funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services 
  specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United 
 States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description 
                          of coastal changes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 306 of the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 
(33 U.S.C. 892d) is amended--
            (1) by inserting before the text the following: ``(a) In 
        General.--''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Arctic Programs.--Of the amount authorized for each of fiscal 
years 2011 and 2012--
            ``(1) $5,000,000 is authorized for use to acquire 
        hydrographic data, provide hydrographic services, conduct 
        coastal change analyses necessary to ensure safe navigation, 
        and improve the management of coastal change in the Arctic; and
            ``(2) $2,000,000 is authorized for use to acquire 
        hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services in the 
        Arctic necessary to delineate the United States extended 
        Continental Shelf.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 305

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2864

                          [Report No. 111-531]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize 
 funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services 
  specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United 
 States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description 
                          of coastal changes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 13, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed