[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[H.R. 295 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 295


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 31, 2011

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
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 by this section 
for fiscal year 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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 24, 2011.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.