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Section 316. Penalties. — This section provides that whoever violates 

 any reo:iilation applicable to the estuarine sanctuary extension provi- 

 sions of section 312 or the implementing regulations for the Federal 

 management program for the contiguous zone under section 313 shall 

 be liable to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 to be assessed 

 by the Secretary. The regulations involved under both section 312 and 

 section 313 must be applied in accordance with recognized principles 

 of international law, and no foreign citizen may be subjected to such 

 penalties except as he may be subject to U.S. jurisdiction by virtue of 

 the principle of international law or by specific agreement of the 

 foreign state of which he is a subject. 



This section also provides for mitigating procedures, for collection 

 procedures and for injunctive procedures to restrain violations of 

 applicable regulations. In addition, it provides that when a vessel is 

 used in the violation of an applicable regulation, that vessel shall be 

 liable in rem for any civil penalty assessed for that violation. 



Section 317. Appropnations. — This section authorizes a 3-year pro- 

 gram and appropriations for that 3-year period consisting of $15 

 million for each of the 3 years beginning with fiscal year 1973 for 

 program development grants under section 305, $50 million for each 

 of fiscal year 1971 and 1975 for administrative grants under section 

 306, and $6 million for each of the 3 fiscal years beginning with fiscal 

 year 1973 for estuarine sanctuary grants under section 312. 



In addition, there are authorized such necessary sums, not to exceed 

 $3 million for each of the 3 fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 

 1973 as may be necessary for general administrative expenses to im- 

 plement this title. 



Cost of the Legislation 



Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 

 Ile]3resentatives, the committee estimates the cost of the legislation as 

 follows : 



Current fiscal ye^r : no cost. 



[In millions of dollars] 



The legislation as drafted provides for authorization of funds 

 through June 30, 1975. Any costs for succeeding years including fiscal 

 year 1976 and fiscal year 1977 will require additional legislative action. 

 The total estimated cost through June 30, 1975, is $172 million. The 

 committee is not aware of any estimates of costs made by any Federal 

 agency for planning grants, administrative grants, or estuarine sanc- 

 tuaries (sections 305, 306 and 313). The Department of Commerce 

 estimates the annual administration costs as being approximately 

 $2,830,000 per year. 



