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diem ; and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business 

 may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 

 authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for individuals in the 

 Government service employed intermittently. 



"estuarine sanctuaries 



"Sec. 312. (a) The Secretary, in accordance with rules and regulations promul- 

 gated by him, is authorized to make available to a coastal State grants of up to 

 50 per centum of the costs of acquisition, development, and operation of estuarine 

 sanctuaries for the purpose of creating natural field laboratories to gather data 

 and make studies of the natural and human processes occurring within the 

 estuaries of the coastal zone. The Federal share of the cost for each such sanctu- 

 ary shall not exceed $2,000,000. No Federal funds received pursuant to section 305 

 •or section 306 shall be used for the purpose of this section. 



"(b) When an estuarine sanctuary is established by a coastal State, for the 

 purpose envisioned in subsection (a), whether or not Federal funds have been 

 made available for a part of the costs of acquisition, development, and operation, 

 the Secretary, at the request of the State concerned, and after consultation with 

 interested Federal departments and agencies and other interested parties, may 

 ■extend the established estuarine sanctuary seaward beyond the coastal zone, to 

 the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes for which the estuarine sanctuary 

 was established. 



"(c) The Secretary shall issue necessary and reasonable regulations related 

 to any such estuarine sanctuary extension to assure that the development and 

 operation thereof is coordinated with the development and operation of the estu- 

 arine sanctuary of which it forms an extension. 



"management program fob the contiguous zone of the united states 



"Sec. 313. (a) The Secretary shall develop, in coordination with the Secretary 

 Oi the Interior, and after appropriate consultation with the Secretary of De^- 

 fense, the Secretary of Transportation, and other interested parties. Federal and 

 non-Federal, governmental and nongovernmental, a program for the management 

 of the area outside the coastal zone and within twelve miles of the baseline from 

 which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. The program shall be de- 

 veloped for the benefit of industry, commerce, recreation, conservation, trans- 

 portation, navigation, and the public interest in the protection of the environ- 

 ment and shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for the development, 

 conservation, and utilization of fish and other living marine resources, mineral 

 resources, and fossil fuels, the development of aquaculture, the promotion of 

 recreational opportunities, and the coordination of research. 



"(b) To the extent that any part of the management program developed 

 pursuant to this section shall apply to any high sea area, the sul\1acent seabed 

 and subsoil of which lies within the seaward boundary of a coastal state, as 

 that boundary is defined in section 2 of title I of the Act of May 22, 1953 (67 

 Stat. 29). the program shall be coordinated with the coastal state involved. 



"(c) The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, apply the pro- 

 gram developed pursuant to this section to waters which are adjacent to specific 

 areas in the coastal zone which have been designated by the states for the pur- 

 pose of preserving or restoring such areas for their conservation, recreational, 

 ecological, or esthetic values. 



"annual report 



"Sec. 314. (a) The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President for 

 transmittal to the Congress not later than November 1 of each year a report 

 on the administration of this title for the preceding Federal fiscal year. The 

 report shall include but not be restricted to (1) an identification of the state 

 programs approved pursuant to this title during the preceding Federal fiscal .year 

 and a description of those programs; (2) a listing of the states participating in 

 the provisions of this title and a description of the status of each state's program 

 and its accomplishments during the preceding Federal fiscal year; (3) an item- 

 ization of the allotment of funds to the various coastal states and a breakdown 

 of the major projects and areas on which these funds were expended; (4) an 

 identification of any state programs which have been reviewed and disapproved 

 or with respect to which grants have been terminated under this title and a 



