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may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year thereafter for admin- 

 istrative grants under section 306, to remain available until expended ; 

 (3) not to exceed $6 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973 

 for estuarine sanctuaries grants under section 313. 



There are also authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $1,500,000 

 annually for administrative expenses incident to administration of 

 this title. 



Cost of the Legislation 



In accordance with section 232(a) of the Legislative Reorganization 

 Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-510), the Committee estimates that the 

 cost of S. 3507 will be as follows for the current fiscal year and suc- 

 ceeding 5 years : 



[In iriillions] 



1st yr 2d yr 3d yr 4th yr 5th yr 



Planning grants (sec. 305) $12.0 ?20.0 $20.0 $10.0 $5.0 



Admin, gia.its (sec. 306) 50.0 60.0 70.0 75.0 



Estuarine sanctuaries (sec. 313) 6.0 



Administration 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 



Total 19.5 71.5 18.5 81.5 81.5 



The committee is not aware of any estimates of costs made by any 

 Federal agency which are diil'erent from those made by the committee. 



Changes in Existing Law 



There are no changes in existing law resulting from this legislation. 



Departmental Reports 



The following are reports from the various departments and agen- 

 cies on the coastal and estuarine zone management bills (S. 582 and 

 S. 638) on which the Committee held hearings in the 92d Congress, 

 and on similar bills on wliich the Committee held hearings in the 91st 

 Congress (S._2802, S. 3183, and S. 3160, S. 3507 was considered in 

 executive session and ordered reported as an original bill. 



Comptroller General or the United States, 



Wa^hi'Rgton, B.C., A'pril 20, 1971. 

 Hon. Warren G. Magntjson, 

 Chairman, Committee on Comm,erce, 

 U.S. Senate. 



Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in reference to your letter of Feb- 

 ruary 26, 1971, requesting our views on S. 582 which would amend the 

 Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966, as 

 amended, to establish a national program for the management, bene- 

 ficial use, protection, and development of the land and water resources 

 of the Nation's coastal and estuarine zones. 



We have no special information as to the advantages or disadvan- 

 tages of the proposed legislation and therefore, make no comments 

 as to its merit. However, we have the following suggestions concern- 

 ing specific provisions of the bill. 



