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'•(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. 



"(h) 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. 



"(c) (1) The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin- 

 istration of the Department of Commerce, after consultation with the Secretary 

 of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 

 shall enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences 

 to undertake a full investigation of the environmental hazards attendant on 

 offshore oil drilling on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. Such study should 

 take into consideration the recreational, marine resources, ecological, esthetic, 

 and research values which might be impaired by the pror-osed drilling and shall 

 include recommendations to eliminate such environmental hazards, if any. A 

 report shall be made to the Congress, to the Administrator, and to the Secretary 

 by July 1, 1973. 



"(2) There are authorized to he appropriated for the fiscal year in which this 

 Act is enacted and for the next fiscal year thereafter such sums as may be 

 necessary to carry out this subsection, hut the sums appropriated may not exceed 

 $500,000." 



Mr. HoLLiNGS. Mr. President. I move to reconsider the vote by which 

 the bill was passed. 



Mr. EoEERT C. Bykd. I move to lay that motion on the table. 



The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. 



Mr. Rollings. Mr. President, I ask unanimons consent that the 

 Secretary of the Senate be authorized to make technical and clerical 

 corrections in the engrossment of S. 3507. as amended. 



The Presidixg Officer. Without objection, it is so ordered. 



