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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2743 

To reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2015 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act 

of 1998, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hydrographic Services 

5 Improvement Amendments Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES 

7 IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1998. 

8 (a) REAUTHORIZATIONS.—Section 306 of the Hydro9 graphic Services Improvement Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 

10 892d) is amended— 


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1 (1) by inserting before the text the following: 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (a) (as designated by the 

4 amendment made by paragraph (1))— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sur6 veys—’’ and all that follows through the end of 

7 the paragraph and inserting ‘‘surveys, 

8 $70,814,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 

9 through 2019.’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘ves11 sels—’’ and all that follows through the end of 

12 the paragraph and inserting ‘‘vessels, 

13 $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 

14 through 2019.’’; 

15 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Admin16 istration—’’ and all that follows through the 

17 end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘Adminis18 tration, $29,932,000 for each of fiscal years 

19 2015 through 2019.’’; 

20 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘title— 

21 ’’ and all that follows through the end of the 

22 paragraph and inserting ‘‘title, $26,800,000 for 

23 each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.’’; and 

24 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘title— 

25 ’’ and all that follows through the end of the 


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1 paragraph and inserting ‘‘title, $30,564,000 for 

2 each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub4 section: 

5 ‘‘(b) ARCTIC PROGRAMS.—Of the amount authorized 

6 by this section for each fiscal year— 

7 ‘‘(1) $5,000,000 is authorized for use to ac8 quire hydrographic data, provide hydrographic serv9 ices, conduct coastal change analyses necessary to 

10 ensure safe navigation, and improve the manage11 ment of coastal change in the Arctic; and 

12 ‘‘(2) $2,000,000 is authorized for use to ac13 quire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic 

14 services in the Arctic necessary to delineate the 

15 United States extended Continental Shelf.’’. 

16 (b) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR

17 SURVEYS.—Section 306 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 892d) is 

18 further amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

20 FOR SURVEYS.—Of amounts authorized by this section for 

21 each fiscal year for hydrographic surveys, not more than 

22 5 percent is authorized for administrative costs.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. GAO STUDY. 

2 The Comptroller General of the United States shall, 

3 by not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

4 of this Act— 

5 (1) conduct a study comparing the unit costs of 

6 hydrographic surveys conducted by the National 

7 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the 

8 unit costs of procuring performance of such surveys; 

9 and 

10 (2) report to the Congress on the findings of 

11 such study. 

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