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Calendar No. 487 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 221 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 26, 2018 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

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’’. 

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 ‘‘There are authorized’’ 

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

3 (2) in subsection (a) (as designated by para4 graph (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 2019 

9 through 2023.’’; 

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 2019 

14 through 2023.’’; 

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 2019 through 2023.’’; 

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

21 ‘‘title—’’ and all that follows through the end 

22 of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘title, 

23 $26,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 

24 through 2023.’’; and 


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

2 ‘‘title—’’ and all that follows through the end 

3 of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘title, 

4 $30,564,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 

5 through 2023.’’; and 

6 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub7 section: 

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

9 by this section for each fiscal year— 

10 ‘‘(1) $10,000,000 is authorized for use to ac11 quire hydrographic data, provide hydrographic serv12 ices, conduct coastal change analyses necessary to 

13 ensure safe navigation, and improve the manage14 ment of coastal change in the Arctic; and 

15 ‘‘(2) $2,000,000 is authorized for use to ac16 quire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic 

17 services in the Arctic necessary to delineate the 

18 United States extended Continental Shelf.’’. 

19 (b) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR

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

21 further amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

24 each fiscal year for hydrographic surveys, not more than 

25 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. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 487 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 221 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Hydrographic Services 

Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes. 

JUNE 26, 2018 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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