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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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Amendments Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES 
IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1998. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATIONS.—Section 306 of the Hydro-
graphic Services Improvement Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892d) 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting before ‘‘There are authorized’’ 
the following: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) (as designated by para-
graph (1))— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sur-
veys—’’ and all that follows through the end of 
the 
paragraph 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surveys, 
$70,814,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘vessels— 
’’ and all that follows through the end of the 
paragraph and inserting ‘‘vessels, $25,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Admin-
istration—’’ and all that follows through the end 
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of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘Administration, 
$29,932,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023.’’; 
(D) 
in 
paragraph 
(4), 
by 
striking 
‘‘title—’’ and all that follows through the end of 
the paragraph and inserting ‘‘title, $26,800,000 
for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’; and 
(E) 
in 
paragraph 
(5), 
by 
striking 
‘‘title—’’ and all that follows through the end of 
the paragraph and inserting ‘‘title, $30,564,000 
for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) ARCTIC PROGRAMS.—Of the amount authorized 
by this section for each fiscal year— 
‘‘(1) $10,000,000 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.’’. 
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(b) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR 
SURVEYS.—Section 306 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 892d) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR 
SURVEYS.—Of amounts authorized by this section for each 
fiscal year for hydrographic surveys, not more than 5 per-
cent is authorized for administrative costs.’’. 
SEC. 3. GAO STUDY. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall, by 
not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act— 
(1) conduct a study comparing the unit costs of 
hydrographic surveys conducted by the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration and the unit 
costs of procuring performance of such surveys; and 
(2) report to the Congress on the findings of such 
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 Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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