H.R. 2864 would authorize two new hydrographic data collection programs and authorize funding to carry them out.  Specifically, the bill would direct $10 million in FY 2011 and FY 2012 to acquire hydrographic data, provide hydrographic services, and conduct coastal change analyses in the Arctic.  The legislation would also direct additional $5 million in FY 2011 and FY 2012 to “acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services in the Arctic necessary to delineate the U.S. extended continental shelf.”