H.R. 2864: To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description of coastal changes.
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H.R. 2864: To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description of coastal changes.
111th Congress · introduced 2009-06-12 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-06-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 439 (2010): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR2864 (2010-07-14), Passed. See all
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description of coastal changes.
Plain summary
Amends the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for FY2011-FY2012 to acquire: (1) hydrographic data, provide hydrographic services, and conduct coastal change analyses necessary to ensure safe navigation, and to improve the management of coastal change in the Arctic; and (2) hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services in the Arctic necessary to delineate the U.S. extended continental shelf.
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Official text
To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description of coastal changes.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · 0 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2864, A bill to amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services speicific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States extended... (2010-06-25); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2864, A bill to amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services speicific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States extended... (2010-06-25)
Recorded votes
- House roll call 439 (2010): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR2864 (2010-07-14): Passed
Words on this page, explained (2)
- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr2864.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr2864 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111