mittee on Commerce more specifically defined tlie inward boundary of 

 the coastal zone as inland to seven miles to allow for future land use 

 planning. 



The two major pieces of land use legislation introduced early in 

 the 02nd Congress, and having strong effects on the composition of the 

 coastal zone legislation were S. 632 introduced by Sen. Henry M. 

 Jackson on February 5, 1971 and S. 992 introduced by Sen. Robert C. 

 Byrd, both of which were referred to the Senate Committee on 

 Interior and Insular Affairs, S. 632 would have established a Land and 

 Water Resources Planning Council through a amendment to the 

 Water Resources Planning Act, to assist state and local governments 

 in land use planning. It was S. 992 which was to become the main 

 Senate land use proposal of this Congress and to have the greatest 

 effect on the coastal zone management legislation. For, it provided for 

 cost sharing grants for development and management of state land use 

 programs by the Department of the Interior. Most importantly from 

 the coastal zone management point of view, S. 992 recognized the 

 coastal zone and estuaries as areas of critical environmental concern, 

 and also provided for management grants only if the value of the 

 coastal zone was recognized. 



At this time, similar legislative activity was being imdertaken in the 

 House of Representatives. Three similar bills were introduced by Rep. 

 Alton A. Lennon and referred to the House Committee on Merchant 

 Marine and Fisheries : H.R. 2492 and H.R. 2493 on January 29, 1971 

 and H.R. 9229 on June 17, 1971. Their inland definition of the coastal 

 zone also was somewhat flexible defining it as the lands either strongly 

 influenced or affected by the sea. Of the three only H.R. 2493 and H.R. 

 9229 had provisions for estuarine sanctuaries, and H.R. 9229 was the 

 first bill to contain provisions for marine sanctuaries, which were de- 

 fined as areas of the high seas set aside for preservation because of 

 their conservation, recreation, ecological or esthetic values. The major 

 land use proposal of the House of Representatives was H.R. 4332, 

 introduced by Rep. Wayne N. Aspinall on February 17, 1971, and 

 similar to S. 992 in recognizing the coastal zone as an area of critical 

 environmental concern. It too was to significantly affect the coastal 

 legislation in the House. 



Hearings 



The Senate continued coastal zone management hearings during the 

 92nd Congress. On three days of hearings. May 5, 6, and 11, 1971,^' 

 testimony was received from a number of executive departments and 

 ag-encies, and from county and state governments. The hearings fo- 

 cused on S. 582, S. 632, S. 638 and S. 992, the land use bill. 



Hearings on the coastal zone management bills referred to the House 

 Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee were held on June 22, 23, 

 24; August 3, 4, 5 and November 1, 9, 1971." In these eight days of 

 hearings, testimony was presented by some 34 witnesses with additional 

 comment being accepted from 38 other sources. Discussion of the coastal 



"TT.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Coastal Zone Management. TTearlnffs, 

 ft2Ti(l Congress, 1st Session on S. 582. S. 632, S. 638 and S. 992. May 5, 6. and 11, 1971. 

 Washington. U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971. 867 p. 



" U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Coastal Zone 

 Management. Hearings. 92nd Congress, 1st Session on H.R. 2492, 2493 and H.R. 9229, 

 .TnT>e 22, 23, 24; Aug. 3, 4, 5 ; Nov. 1, 9, 1971. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1972. 

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