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or operating grant to an interstate agency if such agency had author- 

 ity to perform the functions required of a coastal State under the bill- 

 Section 202(e) would require the Secretary to review the manage- 

 ment program and performance of the coastal States and woidd au- 

 thorize him to terminate and withdraw financial assistance, after 

 notice and and opportunity to present evidence, where a coastal State 

 im justifiably failed to adhere to the program approved by the 

 Secretary. 



Section 202(g) would direct all Federal agencies conducting or sup- 

 porting activities in coastal areas to make such activities consistent 

 with the approved plan for the area, and would require such agencies 

 to refrain from approving proposed projects inconsistent with the 

 plan without a finding that the proposals, on balance, were sound. 



The Secretary would be required to develop a comprehensive man- 

 agement plan for the resources of the coastal zone beyond the terri- 

 torial sea. Such plans would provide for the exploitation of living^ 

 marine resources, mineral resources, and fossil fuels. 



H.R. 6605 



H.R. 6605 would create a national coastline conservation com- 

 mission, consisting of two representatives from each coastal State, one 

 representative from each interested executive department, and five 

 representatives from the public at large, who would be appointed by 

 the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The com- 

 mission would be required to prepare a comprehensive study of all 

 factors significantly affecting the present and f utui'e status of the coast- 

 al marine zone, including all relevant natural and physical charac- 

 teristics, all noneconomic human activities and needs, all industrial,, 

 economic and commercial needs, existing legislation and regulations, 

 and geological and demographic factors affecting the coastal zone. 

 The commission would be further i-equired to consider the powers 

 necessary for balanced conservation and development of the coastal 

 zone, and which agency or agencies would be appropriate to exercise 

 such powers. 



After the preparation of the comprehensive study, the commission 

 would be required to prepare a comprehensive, coordinated and en- 

 forceable plan and management program for the conservation and 

 development of the coastal zone. Before any part of the plan could be 

 adopted, the commission would bo required to hold public hearings 

 in all areas affected by the plan, and general public hearings on the 

 plan itself. Such plans would set forth the results of the compre- 

 hensive study, reconmiended policies for the coastal zone, powers con- 

 sistent wuth those policies, recommended agencies to carry out the^ 

 plan, and legislative and budgetary actions necessary. 



while completing the plan and management program, the commis- 

 sion would be authorized to comment upon and seek to influence pro- 

 posed actions in the coastal marine zone. 



The commission would be required to file an annual repoit with tlie 

 President and the Congress no later tlian December 31 of eacli year. 



II.Il. 2492, II.R. 2493, and H.E. 3615 are essentially similar in that 

 they would establish a program of grants to the States for the purpose 

 of developing management and conservation programs for the coastal 



