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92d Congress ) SENATE f Report 



2d Session \ 1 No. 92-753 



NATIONAL COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1972 



April 19, 1972. — Ordered to be printed 



Mr. Hol,ij:ngs, from the Committee on Commerce, 

 submitted the following 



REPORT 



Together with 

 INDIVIDUAL VIEWS 



[To accompany S. 3507] 



The Committee on Commerce, having considered various bills to 

 establish a national policy and develop a national program for the 

 management, beneficial use, protection, and development of the land 

 and water resources of the Nation's coastal zone, and for other pur- 

 poses, reports favorably on original bill and recommends that the bill 

 (S. 3507) do pass. 



Purpose 



S. 3507 has as its main purpose the encouragement and assistance of 

 States in preparing and implementing management programs to 

 preserve, protect, develop, and whenever possible restore the resources 

 of the coastal zone of the United States. The bill authorizes 

 Federal grants-in-aid to coastal States to develop coastal zone manage- 

 ment programs. Additionally, it authorizes grants to help coastal 

 States implement these management programs once approved, and 

 States would be aided in the acquisition and operation of estuarine 

 sanctuaries. Through the system of providing grants-in-aid, the States 

 are provided financial incentives to undertake the responsibility for 

 setting up management programs in the coastal zone. There is no at- 

 tempt to diminish State authority through Federal preemption. The 

 intent of this legislation is to enhance State authority by encouraging 

 and assisting the States to assume planning and regulatory powers over 

 their coastal zones. 



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