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discuss it or ask questions, and therefore I don’t think I am going to 
get into specifics. 
I think it is great, Ed. 
Mr. Retnecke. Thank you. 
_ Mr. Kerrs. Will the gentleman yield? I ask you to do so because I 
have to go back to the Coast Guard Subcommittee hearing and I would 
simply like to echo your sentiments, and those of the acting chair- 
man of this committee. Let me say personally, Ed, that I thought when 
you went back to California that you probably were going to have a 
more leisurely existence as Lieutenant Governor. At times I have 
thought of that position as an appendix to the corporate body of 
California, but obviously you have done a lot of homework in the job. 
I think it has established quite a precedent. I hope that others of 
‘us, when we leave this committee, can carry into our later assignments 
the enthusiasm and the interest that you have shown. 
So thanks very much for your journeying across the country to give 
us the benefit of your advice and counsel. It has been very nice to see 
you. 
~ Mr. Retnecke. Thank you very much. 
Mr. Mosuer. Mr. Chairman, let me make one more comment. 
T think one of the most discerning comments that the Governor 
makes is on page 7 where he points to the need for growth in funding 
that will result from NOAA or any other reorganization we have and 
that the funding has to be substantially larger than merely those 
budgetarv amounts that are represented in what the various existing 
offices will bring into the new agency. 
Mr. Retnecke. May I respond to that. 
Mr. Mosuer. Yes. 
Mr. Retnecke. I would like to add that that is one of the very 
major points that we are concerned with also, to be sure the bill enables 
free and open activities on the part of the States in conjunction with 
the Federal program. 
There is so much resource in terms of money that will be available 
from the private sector and from State programs providing we have 
some sort of an effort that allows the whole system to flow. This is 
why we want to see increased and enhanced activity at the Federal 
level, but at the same time in such a manner that will encourage the 
development at the State and private sector levels as well. 
Mr. Mosuer. Governor, I am sure you are aware of the conference 
that this committee is sponsoring later this month with representatives 
of the various coastal States. Certainly that is going to provide a 
wonderful opportunity to do what you suggest on page 3, where you 
point to the need for an effective mechanism by which NOAA would 
coordinate with the coastal States in planning and activities. 
IT am sure that California will be well represented at that confer- 
ence, and I would hope that it might be you who would be the 
representative. 
Mr. Rernecke. I would hope so, too, and I would be delighted. The 
only opportunity the State has right now for Federal participation 
is simply through planning grants under the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development. 
This does not seem to me to be the proper place to go for marine or 
ocean oriented planning or program development. This again is the 
reason we want to see this under NOAA. 
