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to section 202 of tlie Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, 82^ 

 Stat. 1101. We recommend that similar authority be provided witk 

 respect to recipients of funds under the proposed legislation. This could 

 be accomplished by the following langl^age : 



"Each recipient of a grant under this Act shall keep such records 

 as the Administrator may prescribe, including records which fully dis- 

 close the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of 

 such grant, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection 

 with which such grant is made or used, the amount of that portion of 

 the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and 

 such records as will facilitate an effective audit. 



"The Administrator 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, docu- 

 ments, paper's, and records of the recipient of any grant under this 

 Act which are pertinent to any such grant." 



Section 304(a) (1) (A) of the bill lists factors to be considered in 

 the determination of allotments among participating coastal States. 

 The committee may wish to be more specific as to the financial needs 

 which the Administrator is to take into consideration in the making of 

 allotments and the relative weight to be accorded to the three factors 

 listed in tliis section. 



Section 304(c)(1) contains a list of Federal assistance programs 

 with which coordination must be assured by the Administrator. The 

 committee may wish to add the following acts to that list: the Clean 

 Air Act, as amended; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 

 amended; and the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, as amended- 



On page 2, line 24, "Agency" sliould be "Administration." 

 Sincerely yours, 



E.. F. Keller, 

 Assistant Gorn'ptrolleT General 



of the United States.. 



Comptroller Gent^ral 



OF THE United States, 

 Washington^ D.C.^ August 19^ 1971. 

 Hon. Edward A. Garmatz, 



Chairman., Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.^ House of 

 Representatives. 

 Dear Mr. Chairman : By letter of June 21, 1971, you requested our 

 comments on H.R. 9229, 92d Confess, wliich would amend the Marine 

 Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966, as amended, by 

 adding titles III and IV which, if enacted, would be cited as the 

 "National Coastal and Estuaiine Zone Management Act of 1971" and! 

 the "Marine Sanctuary Act of 1971," respectively. 



We have no special information as to the advantages or disad- 

 vantages of the proposed legislation and, therefore, make no com- 

 ments as to its merit. However, we have the following suggestions con- 

 cerning specific provisions of the bill. 



Section 304(b), page 5, defines coastal and estuarine zone as ex- 

 tending seaward to the outer limit of the U.S. territorial sea. The 

 International Convention on the Continental Shelf recognizes the 



