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This came out of the Committee on ]Merchant ISIarine and Fisheries 

 unanimously, and as the gentleman from Missouri has explained, 

 tliere are no further objections from the chairman of the Committee 

 on Interior and Insular Affairs to the consideration of this bill. 



Mr. BoLLiNG. ]Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the 

 resolution. 



The previous question was ordered. 



The resolution was agreed to. 



A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. 



Mr. Lennox. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House resolve itself into 

 the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the 

 consideration of the bill (U.K. 14146) to establish a national policy 

 and develop a national program for the management, beneficial use, 

 protection, and development of the land and water resources of the 

 Nation's coastal zone, and for other purposes. 



The Speaker. The question is on the motion offered by the gentle- 

 man from North Carolina. 



The motion was agreed to. 



IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 



Accordingly the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 

 Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the 

 bill H.R. 14146, with Mr. Landrum in the chair. 



The Clerk read the title of the bill. 



By unanimous consent, the first reading of the bill was dispensed 

 with. 



The Chairman. Under the rule, the gentleman from North Caro- 

 lina (Mr. Lennon) will be recognized for 30 minutes, and the gentle- 

 man from Ohio (IMr. Mosher) will be recognized for 30 minutes. 



The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina. 



Mr. Lennon. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 

 consume. 



Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee : I rise at this time to 

 urge the support of this committee for H.R. 14146, the coastal zone 

 management bill, because I am convinced that it is imperative to 

 implement such a program now before this Nation witnesses the 

 tragic and wanton destruction of an irreplacable natural resource, our 

 estuaries, our wetlands, and our shorelines. 



My interest, and I believe that interest is shared by a majority of 

 the Members of this body, my concern for this precious and rapidly 

 dwindling resource stems from the deep-seated personal conviction 

 as well as from personal involvement over a period of at least 7 years 

 during which I have worked with many other colleagues in the House 

 to come to grips with the critical problems of the coastal zone, hope- 

 fully to produce meaningful legislation to cope with these problems. 



Mr. Chairman, H.R. 14146 is the end product of these number of 

 years of effort. Basically and fundamentally, it is designed to manage 

 and in that management to insure the protection of the resources of 

 the Nation's vital shoreline and estuarine areas. This bill authorizes 

 funds during an initial 3-year program to develop the compatible State 

 programs for the responsible conservation, development, and utiliza- 

 tion of the Nation's coastal zones. 



