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"kecoeds 



"Sec. 310. (a) Each recipient of a grant under this title shall keep such records 

 as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount 

 and disposition of the funds received under the grant, the total cost of the project 

 or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate 

 an effective audit. 



"(b) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any 

 of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of 

 audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the re- 

 cipient of the grant that are pertinent to the determination that funds granted are 

 used in accordance with this title. 



"national coastal eesoukces boakd 



"Sec. 311. (a) There is hereby established, in the Executive OflSce of the Presi- 

 dent, the National Coastal Resources Board (hereinafter called the 'Board') 

 which shall be composed of — 



" ( 1 ) The Vice President, who shall be Chairman of the Board. 



" ( 2 ) The Secretary of State. 



" (3 ) The Secretary of the Navy. 



" (4) The Secretary of the Interior. 



" (5) The Secretary of Commerce. 



"(6) The Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. 



" ( 7 ) The Director of the National Science Foundation. 



" (8) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 



" (9) The Secretary of Transportation. 



"Executive Appointments 



"(b) The President may name to the Board such other officers and officials as 

 he deems advisable. 



"Alternate Presiding Office Over Board Meetings 



"(c) The President shall from time to time designate one of the members of 

 the Board to preside over meetings of the Board during the absence, disability, 

 Or unavailability of the Chairman. 



"Alternates for Service on the Board 



"(d) Each member of the Board, except those designated pursuant to sub- 

 section (b) of this section, may designate any officer of his department or agency 

 appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate to serve on the Board as 

 his alternate in his unavoidable absence. 



"Personnel ; Civilian Executive Secretary 



"(e) The Board may employ a staff to he headed by a civilian executive secretary 

 who shall be appointed by the President and shall receive compensation at a 

 rate established by the President at not to exceed that of level II of the Federal 

 Executive Salary Schedule. The executive secretary, subject to the direction 

 of the Board, is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such per- 

 sonnel, including not more than seven persons who may be appointed without 

 regard to civil service laws or chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 

 title 5 and compensated at not to exceed the highest rate of grade 18 of the 

 General Schedule as may be necessary to perform such duties as may be pre- 

 scribed by the President. 



"(f) The Board shall meet regularly at such times as the Chairman may 

 direct and shall have the following duties : 



"(1) to provide for the effective coordination between programs of the 

 Federal agencies within the coastal zone ; 



"(2) in the case of serious disagreement between any Federal agency and 

 a coastal State in the development of the program, the Board shall seek to 

 mediate the differences ; and 



"(3) to provide a forum for appeals by an aggrieved areawide planning 

 entity or unit of local government from any decision or action of the Secre- 

 tary or areawide planning entity. 



