IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3352 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 1 (legislative day, MARCH 13), 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act Amendments of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 302 of the Hydrographic Services Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) HYDROGRAPHIC DATA.—The term ‘hydro-
graphic data’ means information that— 
‘‘(A) is acquired through— 
‘‘(i) hydrographic, bathymetric, photo-
grammetric, lidar, radar, remote sensing, 
or shoreline and other ocean- and coastal- 
related surveying; 
‘‘(ii) geodetic, geospatial, or geo-
magnetic measurements; 
‘‘(iii) tide, water level, and current ob-
servations; or 
‘‘(iv) other methods; and 
‘‘(B) is used in providing hydrographic 
services.’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (4)(A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) the management, maintenance, inter-
pretation, certification, and dissemination of 
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bathymetric, hydrographic, shoreline, geodetic, 
geospatial, geomagnetic, and tide, water level, 
and current information, including the produc-
tion of nautical charts, nautical information 
databases, and other products derived from hy-
drographic data;’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (5). 
SEC. 3. FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. 
Section 303 of the Hydrographic Services Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Act of 1947,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act (33 
U.S.C. 883a et seq.)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘data;’’ 
and inserting ‘‘data and provide hydrographic 
services;’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Act of 1947,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act (33 
U.S.C. 883a et seq.)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘title IX 
of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949; and’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
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chapter VI of chapter 10 of title 40, United 
States Code;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4) by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) may create, support, and maintain a Joint 
Hydrographic Institute.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) ACQUISITION
OF HYDROGRAPHIC DATA
AND 
PROVIDE HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES.—To the extent that 
it does not detract from the promotion of safe and efficient 
navigation, the Administrator may acquire hydrographic 
data and provide hydrographic services to— 
‘‘(1) support the conservation and management 
of coastal and ocean resources; 
‘‘(2) save and protect life and property; 
‘‘(3) support the resumption of commerce in re-
sponse to emergencies, natural disasters, and man- 
made disasters; and 
‘‘(4) meet homeland security and maritime do-
main awareness needs, including carrying out mis-
sion assignments (as that term is defined in section 
641 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 
Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 741).’’. 
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SEC. 4. HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES REVIEW PANEL. 
Section 305 of the Hydrographic Services Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892c) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘Direc-
tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Co-directors’’; 
(2) in subsections (c)(1)(C), (c)(3), and (e) by 
striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) COMPENSATION.—Voting members of the panel 
shall be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses, 
including travel and per diem, incurred in the performance 
of duties for the panel.’’. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 306 of the Hydrographic Services Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892d) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 306. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator the following: 
‘‘(1) To carry out nautical mapping and chart-
ing functions under sections 303 and 304, except for 
conducting hydrographic surveys— 
‘‘(A) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(B) $56,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
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‘‘(C) $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
‘‘(D) $58,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
‘‘(2) To contract for hydrographic surveys 
under section 303(b)(1), including the leasing or 
time chartering of vessels— 
‘‘(A) $32,130,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(B) $32,760,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(C) $33,390,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
‘‘(D) $34,020,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
‘‘(3) To operate hydrographic survey vessels 
owned by the United States and operated by the Ad-
ministration— 
‘‘(A) $25,900,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(B) $26,400,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(C) $26,900,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
‘‘(D) $27,400,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
‘‘(4) To carry out geodetic functions under this 
title— 
‘‘(A) $32,640,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(B) $32,280,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(C) $33,920,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
‘‘(D) $34,560,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
‘‘(5) To carry out tide and current measure-
ment functions under this title— 
‘‘(A) $27,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
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