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for use in appraising its present management program in the estuarine 

 and coastal zone and in preparing recommendations for improving pro- 

 gram. No such grant is proposed by the Commission. Also unique to 

 this study are the bonus recommendations already noted in describing 

 the grant for administrative purposes. 



Other reconmendations in the Estuary Study not included in the Conmission 

 Report (a) would require consideration of other resource use and man- 

 agement plans bearing on estuarine and coastal resources in preparing 

 the comprehensive plan for using and managing the States' estuarine 

 and coastal zone; (b) would direct the Secretary of the Interior to 

 make a biennial review of problems and program needs, followed by a 

 report to the President and the Congress; (c) would require the 

 Secretary to establish both an interagency advisory council and a 

 non-Federal advisory board; and (d) suggests that the President issue 

 appropriate Executive orders and proclamations to be effective in the 

 interim before the Congress can enact legislation establishing the 

 National Estuarine Management Proaram. 



