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State is adequately and expeditiously developing sucli management 

 plan and program. 



Tliis provision appears to preclude grants to States Tvhich have not 

 yet started to develop a management plan and program. The commit- 

 tee may wish to consider language changes which would allow States 

 which have not started to develop a management plan and program to 

 receive grants for the purpose of developing a management plan and 

 program. 



Section 306(a), page 7, of the bill authorizes the Secretary to make 

 annual grants to any coastal State for not more than 66% percent 

 of the costs of administering the coastal State's management plan and 

 program. Section 306(c) (4), page 8, of this bill states that the Gover- 

 nor shall designate a single agency to receive and administer the 

 grants for implementing the management plan and program. It is not 

 clear whether the grants issued under this section are intended to 

 cover the costs of administering the management plan and program or 

 if these grants are solely intended as operating grants for the imple- 

 mentation of the management plan and program. The committee may 

 wish to clarify this language. 



Section 306(b), page 7, of the bill states that gi\ants shall be allotted 

 to the States with approved plans and programs based on regulations 

 of the Secretary. This provision may not result in an equitable distribu- 

 tion of funds to each of the coastal States in that under section 306 (i) , 

 page 12, a grant of an amount up to 15 percent of the total amount 

 appropriated may be made to one coastal State. We believe that these 

 grants should take into account the populations of such States, the 

 size of the coastal or estuarine areas, and the respective financial needs 

 of such States. 



Section 307, page 12, authorizes the Secretary to enter into agree- 

 ments with coastal States to underwrite, b}'' guaranty thereof, bond 

 issues or loans for the purpose of land acquisition or land and water 

 development and restoration projects. We believe that the bill should 

 prescribe the terms and conditions of the bond issues or loans that 

 may be guaranteed by the Secretary and the rights of the Federal 

 Government in the case of default. Section 307 also states that the 

 aggregate principal amount of guaranteed bonds and loans outstand- 

 ing at any time may not exceed $140 million. We believe that the bill 

 should further specify an aggregate amount of such guaranteed bond 

 issues or loans available to each State. We also note that the bill does 

 not identify the source of the Federal funds that would be needed 

 in the event of any defaults. 



Section 311, page 14, authorizes the Secretary to establish a coastal 

 and estuarine zone management advisory committee composed of not 

 more than 15 persons designated by the Secretary. The section does not 

 (1) specify the term of service of the members, and (2) provide for the 

 designation of a chairman. The committee may wish to provide for (1) 

 the term or terms of service and (2) the selection of a chairman. 



Section 313(a), page 15, should be clarified as it is now unclear 

 whether it provides that States must adequately consider the views of 

 principallj'^ affectet Federal agencies prior to submitting their plans to 

 the Secretaiy or whether the Secretary must adequately consider tlie 

 views of principally affected Federal agencies prior to his approval of 



