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(c) Limits on grants. 



The grants shall not exceed 66% per centum of the costs of the program in any 

 one year and no state shall be eligible to receive more than three annual grants 

 pursuant to this section. Federal funds received from other sources shall not be 

 used to match such grants. In order to qualify for grants under this section, the 

 state must reasonably demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such 

 grants will be used to develop a management program consistent with the re- 

 quirements set forth in section 1455 of this title. After making the initial grant 

 to a coastal state, no subsequent grant shall be made under this section unless 

 the Secretary finds that the state is satisfactorily developing such management 

 program. 



(d) Submission of program for review and approval. 



Upon completion of the development of the state's management program, the 

 state shall submit such program to the Secretary for review and approval, pur- 

 suant to the provisions of section 1455 of this title, or such other action as he 

 deems necessary. On final approval of such program by the Secretary, the state's 

 eligibility for further grants under this section shall terminate, and the state 

 shall be eligible for grants under section 1455 of this title. 



.(e) Allocation of grants. 



Grants imder this section shall be allocated to the states based on rules and 

 regulations promulgated by the Secretary : Provided, however, That no manage- 

 ment program development grant under this section shall be made in excess of 

 10 per centum nor less than 1 per centum of the total amount appropriated to 

 carry out the purposes of this section. 



(/) Reversion of unobligated grants. 



Grants or portions thereof not obligated by a state during the fiscal year for 

 which they were first authorized to be obligated by the state, or during the fiscal 

 year immediately following, shall revert to the Secretary, and shall be added 

 by him to the funds available for grants under this section. 



ig) Grants to other political subdivisions. 



With the approval of the Secretary, the state may allocate to a local govern- 

 ment, to an areawide agency designated under section 3334 of Title 42, to a 

 regional agency, or to an interstate agency, a portion of the grant under this 

 section, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section. 



{h) Expiration date of grant authority. 



The authority to make grants under this section shall expire on June 30, 1977. 

 (Pub. L. 89-454, title III, § 305, as added Pub. L. 92-583, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 

 1282.) 



Section Refebred to in Other Sections 



Tliis section is referred to in sections 1461, 1464 of this title. 

 1 1455. Administrative grants. {Sec. 306) 

 {a) Authorization. 



The Secretary is authorized to make annual grants to any coastal state for not 

 more than 66% per centum of the costs of administering the state's management 

 program, if he approves such program in accordance with subsection (c) of this 

 section. Federal funds received from other sources shall not be used to pay the 

 state's share of costs. 



(6) Allocation of grants. 



Such grants shall be allocated to the states with approved programs based on 

 rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary which shall take into ac- 

 count the extent and nature of the shoreline and area covered by the pla.*, pop- 

 ulation of the area, and other relevant factors: Provided, hoirever, Tiiat no 

 annual administrative grant under this section shall be made in excess of 10 

 per centum nor less than 1 i^er centum of the total amount appropriated to carry 

 out the purposes of this section. 



( c ) Program requirements. 



Prior to granting approval of a management program submitted by a coastal 

 state, the Secretary shall find that : 



(1) The state has developed and adopted a management program for its 

 coastal zone in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the 



