U.S. House Begins Action on FY14 Appropriations Bills of Interest to Surveyors

NSPS government affairs representative, John M. Palatiello & Associates, Inc., reports the U.S. House of Representatives is beginning work on appropriations bills for the fiscal year that begins on October 1.  To read more about the items listed below click here.

H.R. 2216, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act

H.R. 2217, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act

H.R. 2199, the Flood Insurance Implementation Reform Act
S.1057, the Safeguarding Privacy and Fostering Aerospace Innovation Act

A hearing will be held on June 13 in the House Natural Resources Committee on H.R.1399, the Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act of 2013.  The bill reauthorizes the NOAA program to perform hydrographic surveys to reduce the “survey backlog” of 43,000 square nautical miles (SNM) of critical areas.  To date, surveys of more than 28,000 SNM have been completed.