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Mr. MosHER. I will yield to the gentleman from Iowa in just one 

 moment, but first let me complete with this statement. 



I thmk it is a practical fact of life that in his 92d Congress there 

 is strong probability against any overall Land Management Act. 

 I think that the problems that the States and the local governments 

 are struggling with in the coastal zone are so essential and so necessary 

 now that until the time that the Congress gets to overall land manage- 

 ment legislation, maybe sometime in the next year or two, that this 

 legislation fills a very necessary gap. 



Mr. Kyl. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? 



Mr. MosHER. I yield to the gentleman from Iowa. 



Mr. Ktl. Mr. Chairman, I would like to clarify the inference made' 

 by the gentleman. Is the gentleman suggesting that when we have 

 a national land-use management plan that then this jurisdiction 

 should be changed to the agencj that has the overall authority ? 



Mr. MosHER. Of course, that is up to the Congress to decide. Even- 

 tually we might have a Department of National Resources, as has 

 been recommended by the President, and I would assume that NO A A 

 would be definitely a part of that overall natural resources arrange- 

 ment. 



But I believe it is at this point very logical to place this in NOAA. 



NOAA, through its National Marine Fisheries Service, is now 

 responsible for the exploration, conservation, and development of 

 marine resources so vitally dependent upon coastal waters. Its net- 

 work of coastal laboratories represents a unique national capability 

 in marine ecological knowledge. 



NOAA, under the sea-grant program, promotes the scientific and 

 technical capabilities on which the State must draw. 



NOAA, through its National Ocean Survey, is the central agency 

 responsible for mapping and charting the coastal waters for boundary 

 determinations. 



NOAA, through the National Weather Service, provides all es- 

 sential forecasts and warnings of ocean and weather condition. 



NOAA carries out most of the Government-supported research and 

 development in coastal zone waters within their laboratories and sea- 

 grant institutions. 



In addition to that, NOAA, as associated in the Department of Com- 

 merce, is closely associated with the Maritim.e Administration, which 

 already is in the Department of Commerce. And NOAA is allied with 

 the Economic Development Administration, which is in the Depart- 

 ment of Commerce already, and which is vital to the coastal zone 

 concept. 



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IMr. Chairman and Members of the House, I believe that this amend- 

 ment should be defeated. 



Mr. RuppE. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield ? 



Mr. ]\IosiiER. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan. 



Mr. RuppE. Mr. Chairman, today as we consider the coastal zone 

 m.anagement bill, I believe that we should keep in mind another piece 

 of potential legislation, the national land-use planning bill, which has 



