CONTENTS 



Part 1 



LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1972 Page 



I. Introduction 1 



Background 1 



The Stratton Commission 1 



The National Estuary Study 2 



Land Use 3 



91st Congress Proposals 4 



Hearings 5 



92d Congress Proposals 5 



Hearings 6 



Passage and enactment 7 



Chronology 8 



11. Selected Testimony — Coastal Zone Management Conference 9 



III. Administration Testimony — 91st Congress 23 



Department of Interior 23, 37, 38 



Federal Maritime Commission 52 



Comptroller General 52, 53 



Department of Commerce 54 



Corps of Engineers 54 



Department of the Navy 63 



Department of the Interior 64 



rV. Administration Testimony — 92d Congress 95 



Council on Environmental Quality 95, 132 



Department of Housing and Urban Development 115 



Department of Interior 121, 153 



Departmentof Treasury 123 



Department of Commerce 143 



Environmental Protection Agency 166 



V. S. 3507, Public Law 92-583, Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. 183 



Senate Report 92-753 193 



Debate and Passage 247 



VI. H.R. 14146 (Laid on the table, S. 3507 passed in lieu) 305 



House Report 92-1049 305 



Debate and Passage 363 



VII. Conference Report, House Report 92-1544 443 



VIII. President's Statement 459 



IX. Section-by-Section Index 460 



Appendix 463 



91st Congress 463 



S.2802 463 



S.3183 467 



S.3460 471 



H.R. 14845 477 



H.R. 15099 481 



H.R. 16155 486 



92d Congress 492 



S. 582 492 



S.638 498 



H.R. 2492 503 



H.R. 2493 506 



H.R. 3615 512 



H.R. 9229 517 



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