[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 295 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 102
112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 295

                          [Report No. 112-157]

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

                            January 12, 2011

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

                             July 20, 2011

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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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 2012 and 2013--
            ``(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. 102

112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 295

                          [Report No. 112-157]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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 20, 2011

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed