Congress 108 - HR 958 - Hydrographic Services Amendments of 2004

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Hydrographic Services Amendments of 2004 - Title I: NOAA Hydrographic Services Improvement - (Sec. 102) Amends the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 (HSIA) to require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (Administrator) to establish, equip, and maintain up to four Regional Navigation Response teams in priority coastal areas to conduct activities related to navigational safety and the validation of hydrographic data.

Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) establish and implement a volunteer program and accept volunteer services; and (2) participate in a joint institute that develops new hydrographic technology and conducts academic, educational, and outreach activities that assist the Administrator.

(Sec. 103) Designates as Koss Cove a cove on the southern coast of Elrington Island in Alaska, in honor of the late Able Bodied Seaman Eric Steiner Koss who served on the NOAA vessel RAINIER and died in the performance of a nautical charting mission off the Alaskan coast.

(Sec. 104) Requires the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) and the Secretary of the Interior to provide to specified congressional committees a plan to depict the same shorelines on NOAA nautical charts and U.S. Geological Survey mapping products.

(Sec. 105) Revises HSIA requirements relating to the Hydrographic Services Advisory Panel and certain duties of the Secretary and the NOAA Administrator.

(Sec. 106) Authorizes specified funds under HSIA in each fiscal year for the Great Lakes Water Level Observation Network.

Title II: Fishery Survey Vessels - (Sec. 201) Amends the Fisheries Survey Vessel Authorization Act of 2000 to revise and extend for FY 2005 and 2006 the authorization of appropriations for certain fishery survey vessels.

(Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary to report to specified committees on the acquisition of a new hydrographic survey vessel having specified capabilities, the retirement of any current vessel(s), and operation and maintenance cost comparisons between the two.

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Mar 24, 2004

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 23, 2004

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 23, 2004

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 384 - 23 (Roll no. 73). (text: CR H1330-1331)
Mar 23, 2004

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 384 - 23 (Roll no. 73).(text: CR H1330-1331)
Mar 23, 2004

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1342)
Mar 23, 2004

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Mar 23, 2004

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 958.
Mar 23, 2004

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1330-1331)
Mar 23, 2004

Mr. Saxton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 21, 2003

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 229.
Nov 21, 2003

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-400.
Oct 29, 2003

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 29, 2003

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 17, 2003

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 17, 2003

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 27, 2003

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 5, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Feb 27, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Feb 27, 2003

Introduced in House

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