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H.R. 221: Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act

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H.R. 221: Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-03 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act

Plain summary

Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act (Sec.2)This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998. (Sec.3) The Governmental Accountability Office must compare the unit costs of hydrographic surveys conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the unit costs of procuring the surveys.

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Official text

Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 221, Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act (2018-05-22)

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Record fed-us-cong115-hr221 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115