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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 295.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.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 cont” on June 27, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41542

  CBO publication date

  June 27, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 295, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/295

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-157 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 20, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 20, 2011 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/157

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 295, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/295

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H203):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 295, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/295

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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