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Union Calendar No. 571 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 221 

[Report No. 115–736] 

To reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2017 

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

Committee on Natural Resources 

JUNE 12, 2018 

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 January 3, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act 

of 1998, and for other purposes. 


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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’’. 

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. 892d) 

10 is amended— 

11 (1) by inserting before ‘‘There are authorized’’ 

12 the following: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (a) (as designated by para14 graph (1))— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sur16 veys—’’ and all that follows through the end of 

17 the paragraph and inserting ‘‘surveys, 

18 $70,814,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 

19 2023.’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘vessels— 

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

22 paragraph and inserting ‘‘vessels, $25,000,000 

23 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’; 

24 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Admin25 istration—’’ and all that follows through the end 


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1 of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘Administration, 

2 $29,932,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 

3 2023.’’; 

4 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking 

5 ‘‘title—’’ and all that follows through the end of 

6 the paragraph and inserting ‘‘title, $26,800,000 

7 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’; and 

8 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking 

9 ‘‘title—’’ and all that follows through the end of 

10 the paragraph and inserting ‘‘title, $30,564,000 

11 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub13 section: 

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

15 by this section for each fiscal year— 

16 ‘‘(1) $10,000,000 is authorized for use to acquire 

17 hydrographic data, provide hydrographic services, 

18 conduct coastal change analyses necessary to ensure 

19 safe navigation, and improve the management of 

20 coastal change in the Arctic; and 

21 ‘‘(2) $2,000,000 is authorized for use to acquire 

22 hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services 

23 in the Arctic necessary to delineate the United States 

24 extended Continental Shelf.’’. 


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1 (b) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR

2 SURVEYS.—Section 306 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 892d) is fur3 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR

5 SURVEYS.—Of amounts authorized by this section for each 

6 fiscal year for hydrographic surveys, not more than 5 per7 cent is authorized for administrative costs.’’. 

8 SEC. 3. GAO STUDY. 

9 The Comptroller General of the United States shall, by 

10 not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 

11 Act— 

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

13 hydrographic surveys conducted by the National Oce14 anic and Atmospheric Administration and the unit 

15 costs of procuring performance of such surveys; and 

16 (2) report to the Congress on the findings of such 

17 study. 


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Union Calendar No. 571 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 221 

[Report No. 115–736] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Hydrographic Services 

Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes. 

JUNE 12, 2018 

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


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