Zone Management Act of 1972, provides for the development of land 

 and water use plans by state and local governments under Federal 

 guidelines and support. As mentioned earlier, this planning is a 

 major factor in establishing overall land use management. P.L. 92- 

 522, The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, prohibits the 

 taking or importation of marine mammals, except under certain 

 limited conditions. P. L. 92-125 authorized the National Advisory 

 Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, which submitted its first 

 annual report to the President and the Congress in 1972. Summaries 

 of these and the other ocean-related acts will be found in Appendix E. 



Level of Effort 



Actual and estimated funding levels for the Federal marine science 

 program are tabulated in Appendix A. Overall funding in FY '73 is 

 estimated to be about the same as in FY '72 in keeping with the 

 President's program to curb inflation and avoid tax increases. For 

 FY '74 an increase in funding to permit maintenance of an 

 approximately equal level of effort is proposed. Appendix A-l 

 shows budget figures by agency, while A-2 summarizes the figures 

 by major purpose. Appendix A-3 provides a more detailed break- 

 down by subpurpose and agency. Some of the changes, such as the 

 current increase in treaty enforcement and the increase in research 

 for FY '74, have already been noted. Others include increases within 

 the national security program, in the leasing and management 

 program for OCS non-living resources, and in environmental 

 observation and prediction. There have also been of necessity some 

 reductions. As noted at the end of the table, some of these, as in the 

 coastal zone and national facilities programs, are the result of non- 

 recurring capital expenditures by the Department of Transporta- 

 tion in FY '72 and in FY '73. 



