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Mr. H0LT.1XGS. ]Mr. President, I support the amendments. We have 

 been trying to reconcile the amendments so that "u-e would not interfere 

 with any legal contention of any of the several States at the present 

 time involved in court procedures. At the same time we wanted to 

 make certain that Federal jurisdiction was unimpaired beyond the 

 3-mile limit in the territorial sea. If we do not go beyond that, I 

 think these amendments take care of it. 



Mr. BoGGS. Mr. President, will the Senator yield ? 



Mr. HoLLiNGS. I yield. 



Mr. BoGGS. Mr. President, I wish to express my support for the 

 distinguished Senator from Virginia, Mr. Spong. This amendment 

 will insure that this legislation in no way prejudices the present 

 consideration by the courts of a case involving State rights over the 

 seabed. I believe this amendment is important, and I commend the 

 Senator for this amendment. 



Mr. Spong. I thank the Senator from Delaware. 



Mr. Moss, Mr, President, will the Senator yield ? 



Mr. Spokg. I yield. 



Mr. ]Moss. I simply Avish to saj^ that the amendment offered by 

 the Senator from Virginia is very acceptable from the viewpoint of 

 the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee in relation to the National 

 Fuels and Energy Study which our committee has underaken. This 

 makes clear that this bill focuses on the territorial sea or the area that 

 is within State jurisdiction, and preserves the Federal jurisdiction 

 beyond, which is not to be considered or disturbed by the bill at this 

 time. If we want to do sometliing about that later, we will have 

 another bill and another opportunity. 



I am, therefore, very happy to support the amendment offered by 

 the Senator from Virginia. 



Mr. Spong. INIr. President, I am very pleased that the Senator from 

 Utah has made this expression. ]Members of the Interior and Insular 

 Affairs and the Public Works Committees, the Senator from Delaware 

 and the Senator from South Carolina, have agreed to accept the 

 amendment. 



The Presidixg Officer. The question is on adopting, en bloc, the 

 amendments of the Senator from Virginia. 



Tlie amendment.s were agreed to en bloc. 



Mr. Holltngs. Mr. President, if there are no other amendments to 

 be offered, I have one final amendment to offer, which I send to the 

 desk and ask that it be read. 



The Presiding Officer. The amendment will be read ? 



The assistant legislative clerk read the amendment, as follows: 



On page 2, line 6, insert the following : Strike the word "National" and insert 

 "Magunson." 



Mr. IToLLiNGS. Mr. President, on line 2, page 6, we entitle the bill 

 the "Xational Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972." The intent 

 of this amendment, of course, is to call it the "Magnuson Coastal Zone 

 Management Act of 1072." All of our colleagues have been personally 

 indebted to the contributions made by many Senators, including tlie 

 Senator from Delaware, in the coastal zone management bill some 3 

 years ago, on which we had hearings. The Senator from Alaska has 



fiven outstanding leadershij:) to this particular measure. The senior 

 enator from New Hampshire, Mr. Cotton, has been very helpful. 



