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"(2) such sums, not to exceed $50,000,000, as may be necessary for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and such sums as may be necessary for 

 each succeeding fiscal year thereafter for grants under section 306 to re- 

 main available until expended ; and 



" (3) such sums, not to exceed $6,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1973, as may be necessary for grants under section, 313. 

 "(b) There are also authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums, 

 not to exceed $1,500,000 annually, as may be necessary for administrative ex- 

 penses incident to the administration of this title." 



Individual Views of Mr. Cotton 



I do not intend to oppose the bill, S. 3507, whicli proposes to estab- 

 lish a national policy and develop a national program for the man- 

 agement and development of the Nation's coastal zones. It is funda- 

 mentally a good bill and I intend to vote for it. Nevertheless, I feel 

 compelled to file these individual views on the following three points : 



(1) The interrelationship between this bill and the administra- 

 tion's national land use bill, S. 992, now pending before the Sen- 

 ate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs ; 



(2) Section 311 of S. 3507 establishing a Cabinet-level National 

 Coastal Resources Board ; and 



(3) The cost of the bill, especially the single year appropria- 

 tion authorization of $6 million for funding estuarine sanctuaries 

 provided for in section 313. 



1. interrelationship of national land use bill 



S. 3507 is the successor to the bill S. 582, which was reported by 

 the Senate Committee on Commerce on December 1, 1971. On March 14, 

 1972. S. 582 was recommitted to the same committee in recognition 

 of the potential jurisdictional conflict with legislation pending before 

 other committees, most particularly the Senate Committee on Interior 

 and Insular Affairs, before which is pending S. 992, the National Land 

 Use Policy Act of 1972. 



S. 3507 as reported by the Committee on Commerce now has been 

 redrafted in an attempt to overcome this potential jurisdictional con- 

 flict. Nonetheless, the Senate should be mindful of the fact that there 

 is pending another and more encompassing legislative measure which 

 does relate to the same subject area covered by this bill. 



2. national coastal resources board 



Section 311 of S. 3507 provides for the establishment within the 

 Executive Office of the President of a National Coastal Resources 

 Board comprised of several Cabinet-level officers, to be chaired by the 

 Vice President of the United States. The proponents for the establish- 

 ment of this Board will point to the National Council on Marine Re- 

 sources and Engineering Development established under Public Law 

 89^54 as a precedent. They also will indicate that this Board would 

 have no power to initiate action but rather would serve in a capacity 

 of mediation (e.g., see section 314(a)) so as "to provide a forum for 

 appeals by an aggrieved areawide planning entity or unit of local 

 government from any decision or action of the Secretary [of Com- 

 merce] or areawide planning entity." (See section 311 (f ) (3) ) 



