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cess to the public beaches will not in any way be impaired by any 

 provision contained in this act, and that is all. 



That is all. So I will be delighted to accept the sua'gestion. 

 ^ Mr. Hanna, I think the lang^iia^e sii,e;gested, and I believe the 

 gentleman from Texas will agree with me, is simply to make the point 

 which is fairly simple. No one here wants the amendment offered by 

 the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gonzalez) to change existing law. 

 And the gentleman from Texas I am sure will agree with me the sug- 

 gestion that this particular act does not change existing law relative 

 to the present rights of citizens to enjoy public beaches. I do not think 

 there is any quarrel in this body with that. 



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



Mr. Hanna. I yield to the gentleman from Texas. 



Mr. White. Mr. Chairman, may I ask the gentleman if the gentle- 

 man is offering this as a substitute to the amendment offered 03/ the 

 gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gonzalez) ? 



Mr. Hanna. Yes ; that is correct. 



Mr. White. Then, in order to make legislative historj^, this then 

 would not prevent other legislative and competent legal authorities 

 from changing the law in the future ; your amendment merely goes to 

 this particular bill ? 



Mr. Hanna. That is right. Nothing in this bill shall in any way 

 be construed to interfere with the existing rights of citizens to enjoy 

 public beaches. I think we can all be in agreement on that, and I believe 

 that the gentleman from Texas has captured the purpose of the amend- 

 ment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gonzalez) . 



Mr. White. I thank the gentleman. 



Mr. Hanna. Might I say that I am offering this as a substitute 

 to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (^Ir.. 

 Gonzalez). 



AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. HANNA AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE 

 AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. GONZALEZ 



Mr. Hanna. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment as a substitute- 

 for the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (iSIr» 

 Gonzalez). 



The Clerk read as follows : 



Amendment offered by Mr. Hanna as a substitute for the amendment offered 

 by Mr. Gonzalez : 



Page 52, after line 8, insert a new Section 315(a) . 



Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as changing any citizen's 

 access and enjoyment of the public beaches and beach lines in all coastal areas- 

 as now by law exist. 



Mr. Hanna. Mr. Chairman, I think that the issue is joined. I think 

 all of the Members who have been interested enough to be listening 

 understand what the point is here. There are those who have reacted 

 to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gon- 

 zalez) feeling that he might be changing the relationship that now 

 exists under the law. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gonzalez) 

 wanted to be sure that this bill we are now passing will not interfere- 

 with existing law, and I think that this language along with the 

 colloquy that has taken place make it abundantly clear that all this; 



