300 



"recokds 



"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 

 recipient of the grant that are pertinent to the determination that fuuds granted 

 are used in accordance with this title. 



"national coastal resources board 



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

 President, the National Coastal Resources Board (hereinafter called the 

 'Board" ) which shall be composed of — 



" (1) The Vice President, wiio 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. 



"(10) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 



"Executive appointments 



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

 as he deems advisable. 



"Alternate Presiding Officer 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 be headed by a civilian executive 

 secretary who shall be appointed by the President and shall receive compensa- 

 tion 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 personnel, including not more than seven persons who may be appinnted 

 withoiit 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 Secretary 

 or areawide planning entity. 



