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Mr. Lennon. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to my distinguished 

 colleague from Colorado (Mr. Aspinall). 



Mr. Aspinall. Mr. Chairman, I, too, wish to join m the tribute to 

 our colleague and friend, Al Lennon. His approach to legislative mat- 

 ters has always been constructive. His cooperation with all his col- 

 leagues has been of the highest order. _ _ 



I pei-sonallv wish to thank him for his understanding of the position 

 in which I find myself on this particular legislation. I am most happy 

 he has been willing to overlook the delay I apparently caused him in 

 bringing the legislation to the floor of the House. 



I should like also to pay my tribute to our colleague from Washing- 

 ton, Tom Pelly, for his effective contributions throughout the years. 



I am most happy that the bill has finally come to the floor. I am only 

 sorry I am unahle to support it in its present fonn. 



I "want it distinctly understood that what I have to say is not 

 prompted by an endeavor on my part to maintain a committee juris- 

 dictional position. 



Mr. Chairman, although I agree with the objective of H.R. 14146, 

 I am unable to support it. It may appear to some that since I come 

 from a landlocked State I am not interested in the coastal zone or the 

 estuaries, but this is not true. A great deal of my committee work has 

 been given to this particular part of our national welfare. 



My purpose today is to state very briefly why I cannot support H,R. 

 1414'6. 



This is legislation whose time has come but it addresses itself to only 

 part of the problem. It involves a piecemeal approach to land use plan- 

 ning, and if it is enacted it will be more difficult to pass comprehensive 

 legislation to take care of the entire problem. Should this bill and the 

 national and use planning legislation both become law the result will 

 be a duplicative and wasteful approach to a problem we all recognize 

 as serious and demanding attention. 



I regret that it has not been feasible to report the land use planning 

 legislation developed by the Committee on Interior and Insular Af- 

 fairs for House debate prior to our consideration today of H.R. 14146, 

 H.R. 7211, identified as the "National Land Policy, Planning, and 

 Management Act of 1972" is a comprehensive land use planning bill, 

 covering all of the lands in the United States, including those lying in 

 coastal zones. It provides for one planning program administered by 

 one Federal agency — the Department of the Interior, which should 

 have this responsibility. 



In summary, the passage of H.R. 14146 does not seem to be a wise 

 course of action because — 



It is a piecemeal approach to land use planning and may imperil 

 the comprehensive land use planning program ; 



It gives the responsibility for land use planning to the wrong 

 department. It should be placed in the Department of the Interior. 

 The need for planning the management of the coastal zone includes a 

 need to regulate the development of mineral resources which is already 

 a function of the Secretary of the Interior; 



It provides grants for planning and regulating land use in the 

 coastal zones that are equal to the amomit contemplated for plaiming 

 and regulating land use throughout the Nation ; 



