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rights, title, and interests in subsoil and seabed resources extends 

 beyond the territorial limits of the United States, under the provisions 

 of the Submerged Lands Act. At the present time, this applies only to 

 the coastal waters of the States of Florida and Texas in (he Gulf of 

 Mexico. 



Subsection (c) requires that the Secretary shall, to the maximum 

 extent practicable, apply the coastal zone program to Avaters immedi- 

 ately adjacent to the coastal waters of a State, which the State has 

 designated for specific preservation purposes. 



Of course, any Federal program within the contiguous zone must 

 be administered consistent with the obligations of the United States 

 under international law. The program is, therefore, restricted as far as 

 its external impact is concerned. It can be enforced as to foreign 

 citizens only as far as those citizens are, in accordance with recognized 

 principles of international law, subject to specific elements of the 

 program. 



Section 314. Annual Refort. — This section requires that the Secre- 

 tary prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Con- 

 gress not later than November 1 of each year a complete report on the 

 administration of this title for the preceding Federal fiscal year. The 

 date of November 1 was selected as providing sufficient time to pre- 

 pare the report and yet not to coincide with numerous other reports 

 that are required to be filed at the beginning of the calendar year. 

 This section further lists specific items that must be included within 

 the amiual report without in any way limiting the Secretary in any 

 appropriate information or recommendations which he may desire 

 to include. 



One of the anticipated values of the report, which will include de- 

 tails of State participation and fund expenditures is the opportunity 

 for the Congress to insure that the variotis State programs are in fact 

 consistent with the desire for a coordinated national initiative in the 

 utilization and protection of coastal zone resources. The annual report 

 is intended to serve as the basis for an annual congressional review 

 of the program, looking to changes that may be necessary in order to 

 achieve the objectives of this title and to enhance the value of the 

 coastal zone management processes. 



Section 315. Rules and Regulations. — The regulations envisioned 

 under this section are basically administrative regulations necessary 

 to implement the various sections of the title, including the establish- 

 ment of procedures whereby program development grants are requested 

 and reviewed, regulations governing the program approval proce- 

 dures and allocation of administrative grants, regulations concerning 

 the procedures under which continuing review of approved programs 

 is implemented, and regulations concerning the procedures lor appli- 

 cations and allocations for establishment of estuarine sanctuaries. In 

 addition, the committee expects the Secretary to utilize the atithority 

 of this section to establish standards and criteria which must be met by 

 the Stales in connection with the issuance of their own regulations 

 under their management programs. Any such criteria or standards 

 established must necessarily be broad in nature so that the differing 

 requirements and situations in the various vStates are taken into consid- 

 eration, as well as the specific techniques whir^li the States have elected 

 to use in controlling land and water uses, as provided for in section 

 306(e)(1). 



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