of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit a report de-
scribing the strategy developed under this subsection to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY PROGRAM REPORTING. 
No later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Chairman of the 
Committee shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
a report detailing progress made in implementing this Act, 
including— 
(1) an inventory of ocean and coastal mapping 
data within the territorial sea and the exclusive eco-
nomic zone and throughout the Continental Shelf of 
the United States, noting the age and source of the 
survey and the spatial resolution (metadata) of the 
data; 
(2) an inventory and description of any new 
Federal or federally funded programs conducting 
shoreline delineation and ocean or coastal mapping 
since the previous reporting cycle; 
(3) identification of priority areas in need of 
survey coverage using present technologies; 
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(4) a resource plan that identifies when priority 
areas in need of modern ocean and coastal mapping 
surveys can be accomplished; 
(5) the status of efforts to produce integrated dig-
ital maps of ocean and coastal areas; 
(6) a description of any products resulting from 
coordinated mapping efforts under this Act that im-
prove public understanding of the coasts and oceans, 
or regulatory decisionmaking; 
(7) documentation of minimum and desired 
standards for data acquisition and integrated 
metadata; 
(8) a statement of the status of Federal efforts to 
leverage mapping technologies, coordinate mapping 
activities, share expertise, and exchange data; 
(9) a statement of resource requirements for or-
ganizations to meet the goals of the program, includ-
ing technology needs for data acquisition, processing, 
and distribution systems; 
(10) a statement of the status of efforts to declas-
sify data gathered by the Navy, the National 
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and other agencies to 
the extent possible without jeopardizing national secu-
rity, and make it available to partner agencies and 
the public; 
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(11) the status of efforts to coordinate Federal 
programs with coastal state and local government 
programs and leverage those programs; and 
(12) a description of efforts of Federal agencies 
to increase contracting with non-governmental enti-
ties. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the amounts author-
ized by section 306 of the Hydrographic Services Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892d), there are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this 
Act— 
(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(2) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
(3) $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
(4) $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
(5) $45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2015. 
(b) JOINT OCEAN AND COASTAL MAPPING CENTERS.— 
Of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a), the fol-
lowing amounts shall be used to carry out section 4(c): 
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
(2) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(3) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
(4) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
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(5) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2015. 
(c) INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, from amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated for fiscal years 2008 through 2015 to the depart-
ments of the agencies, and the independent agencies, speci-
fied in section 3(b), the head of each such department or 
agency may make available not more than $10,000,000 per 
fiscal year to carry out interagency activities under section 
3. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration. 
(2) COASTAL STATE.—The term ‘‘coastal state’’ 
has the meaning given that term by section 304(4) of 
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1453(4). 
(3) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Committee’’ means 
the Interagency Committee on Ocean and Coastal 
Mapping established by section 3. 
(4) EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE.—The term ‘‘ex-
clusive economic zone’’ means the exclusive economic 
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zone of the United States established by Presidential 
Proclamation No. 5030, of March 10, 1983. 
(5) NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITIES.—The term 
‘‘non-governmental entities’’ includes non-govern-
mental organizations, members of the academic com-
munity, and private sector organizations that provide 
products and services associated with measuring, lo-
cating, and preparing maps, charts, surveys, aerial 
photographs, satellite imagines, or other graphical or 
digital presentations depicting natural or manmade 
physical features, phenomena, and legal boundaries of 
the Earth. 
(6) OCEAN AND COASTAL MAPPING.—The term 
‘‘ocean and coastal mapping’’ means the acquisition, 
processing, and management of physical, biological, 
geological, chemical, and archaeological characteris-
tics and boundaries of ocean and coastal areas, re-
sources, and sea beds through the use of acoustics, sat-
ellites, aerial photogrammetry, light and imaging, di-
rect sampling, and other mapping technologies. 
(7) OUTER
CONTINENTAL
SHELF.—The term 
‘‘Outer Continental Shelf’’ means all submerged lands 
lying seaward and outside of lands beneath navigable 
waters (as that term is defined in section 2 of the 
Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301)), and of 
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which the subsoil and seabed appertain to the United 
States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control. 
(8) TERRITORIAL
SEA.—The term ‘‘territorial 
sea’’ means the belt of sea measured from the baseline 
of the United States determined in accordance with 
international law, as set forth in Presidential Procla-
mation Number 5928, dated December 27, 1988. 
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Union Calendar No. 162 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2400 
[Report No. 110–253, Part I] 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration to establish 
an integrated Federal ocean and coastal mapping 
plan for the Great Lakes and coastal state wa-
ters, the territorial sea, the exclusive economic 
zone, and the Continental Shelf of the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
JULY 23, 2007 
Committee on Science and Technology discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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