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Therefore, I hope very much the Senator from Delaware will not 

 press his amendment but permit us to go through the legislative proc- 

 ess and report a bill to the floor dealing with this matter, based on 

 hearings, at which time he well might wish to modify or suggest 

 amendments. It would be germane at that time, rather than now, as 

 this bill attempts to deal with the Territorial Sea, not the Outer Con- 

 tinental Shelf. 



Mr. BoGGS. Mr. President, will the chairman yield further ? 



Mr. HoLLiNGS. I yield to the Senator from Delaware. 



Mr. BoGGS. Mr. President, I appreciate the very kind and gen- 

 erous remarks of the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee and 

 the manager of the bill, and also the remarks of the distinguished Sen- 

 ator from Utah, Mr. Moss, who is chairman of the hearings just 

 referred to. I am happy that these hearings and studies are continuing. 

 I believe and hope they will shed full light on this important subject 

 so that the Senate can give the fullest consideration in light of these 

 hearings and further studies. 



Mr. President, with the chairman's permission, I ask unanimous con- 

 sent to withdraw the amendment. 



The Presiding Officer. The Senator has the right to withdraw his 

 amendment. The amendment is withdrawn. 



Mr. BoGGS. Mr. President, I thank the distinguished chairman, the 

 Senator from South Carolina, Mr. Hollings, and the Senator from 

 Utah, Mr. Moss. 



Mr. Moss. If the Senator from Delaware is available, we would 

 like to ask him to come and participate in the hearings. 



Mr. BoGGs. I thank the Senator. 



Mr. Holdings. Mr. President, to complete the record on this par- 

 ticular score, when I talked in terms of jurisdiction, I talk not in terms 

 of exclusivity in that any one committee was concerned with the prob- 

 lems of offshore development and related ocean pollution. The Com- 

 mittee also is deeply concerned. The fact is that yesteday the Maritime 

 Administrator, before the Committee on Appropriations, in trying 

 to pursue the administration's ship construction measures and develop 

 a maritime policy, was talking about construction of supertankers. 

 When we originally talked about the bill, it was 30 ships a year for 10 

 years, some 300 vessels. Now, rather than 40,000 and 50.000 tonners 

 we are going to 200,000 and 400,000 tonners and rather than 30 ships a 

 year for 10 years we will have 60 or 70 supertankers, and where are 

 they going to dock when they have in excess of an 80-foot draft ? They 

 could not come in on the east coast of the Gulf of Mexico. So we in 

 the Commerce Committee and Appropriations Committee were talk- 

 ing about what the Senator from Idaho is discussing, the development 

 of offshore landing facilities. 



The Senator from Alaska has been pointing out this morning that 

 we will need such development for nuclear powerplant siting, for off- 

 shore loading, both coal and oil, and other supertankers. Of course, 

 the FAA is considering this approach in the development of offshore 

 airports. 



Mr. President, I am ready to vote. 



The Prestdixg Officer. The bill is open to further amendment. 



Mr. Stevens. Mr. President, I have an amendment at the desk. 

 First, I wish to note what the Senator has said. 



