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.
Latest action · Oct 31, 2011 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 12, 2011
- Passed HouseOct 24, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize FY2012 appropriations to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for use 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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 12, 2011Markup Jun 15, 2011Reported Jul 20, 2011 |
| Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jan 26, 2011Hearings May 12, 2011Discharged Jun 15, 2011 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Oct 31, 2011 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 31, 2011Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Oct 24, 2011Mr. Young (AK) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Oct 24, 2011Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6991-6992)
- Oct 24, 2011DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 295.
- Oct 24, 2011Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6991)
- Oct 24, 2011Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 20, 2011Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-157.
- Jul 20, 2011Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 102.
- Jun 15, 2011Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
- Jun 15, 2011Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 15, 2011Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- May 12, 2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jan 26, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- Jan 12, 2011Introduced in House
- Jan 12, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6991, H6992Text printed H6991 | Don Young R-AK, Grace F. Napolitano D-CA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Oct 24, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 27, 2011H.R. 295, A bill 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 contCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2011
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H203.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 112-30 | H.R. 295, H.R. 670, H.R. 991, H.R. 1160, AND H.R. 167058 pages | Natural Resources Committee | May 12, 2011 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 31, 2011Referred in Senate
- Oct 24, 2011Engrossed in House
- Jul 20, 2011Reported in House
- Jan 12, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
