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year. This requirement would provide only one day to finalize and 

 issue a report on the preceding year's activities. 



The act which the bill proposes to amend was approved June 17, 

 1966, and is codified in 33 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. Consequently, line 8 on 

 page 1 of the bill should be changed to read "approved June 17, 1966, 

 as amended (33 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) " 



The word "cosal" appearing in line 16 on page 8 of the bill should 

 be changed to "coastal." 

 Sincerely yours, 



Robert F. Keller 

 (For the Comptroller General of the United States.; 



Federal Maritime Commission, 



Office of toe Chairman, 

 Washington, D.G., March 12, 1970. 

 Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, 

 Chairman, Convmittee on Goinmerce, 

 U.S. Senate, Washington, B.C. 



Dear Mr. Chairman : This is in response to your request of March 

 2, 1970, for the views of the Federal Maritime Commission with re- 

 spect to S. 3460, a bill to establish a national policy for the coastal 

 zone resource, to encourage a systematic approach to coastal zone plan- 

 ning and development, and to assist the States in establishing coastal 

 zone management programs. 



Inasmuch as the bill does not affect the responsibilities or jurisdic- 

 tion of the Commission, we express no views as to its enactment. 



The Bureau of th Budget has advised that there would be no ob- 

 jection to the submission of this letter from the standpoint of the 

 Administration's program. 

 Sincerely, 



Helen Delich Bentlet, 



Chairman. 



Comptroller General of the United States, 



Washington, B.C., March 30, 1970. 

 B-167694. 



Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, 

 Chairman, Committee on Commerce, 

 U.S. Senate, Washington, B.C. 



De.\r Mr. Chairman : This is in reference to your letter of March 2, 

 1970, requesting our views on S. 3460, entieled : "A bill to establish 

 a national policy for the coastal zone resource, to encourage a system- 

 atic approach to coastal zone planning and development, and to assist 

 the States in establishing coastal zone management programs." 



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

 tages of the proposed legislation and, therefore, malvc no comments as 

 to its merit. However, we have the following comments concerning 

 specific provisions of the bill. 



The bill calls for all Federal agencies to coordinate their activities 

 in the coastal zone with the coastal States. (Section 303, page 4, lines 

 16-18.) We suggest that the extent of this coordination may not be suf- 

 ficient since the activities undertaken by other (noncoastal) States af- 

 fects the waters draining into the coastal States. The committee may 



