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language asks for is that this act shall not be construed to interfere 

 with existing rights of citizens to use public beaches. 



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



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



Mv. Kyl. Mr. Chairman, does the gentleman think that this lan- 

 guage is essential in view of the language which appears on page 45 

 of the bill : 



Nothing in this section shall be construed — 



"(1) to diminish either Federal or state jurisdiction, responsibility, or rights 

 in the field of planning, development, or control of water resources and navigable 

 waters ; nor to displace, supersede, limit, or modify any interstate compact or 

 the jurisdiction or responsibility of any legally established joint or common 

 agency of two or more states or of two or more states and the Federal 

 Government ; 



Or (2) nothing in this section shall be construed — "as superseding, 

 modifying or repealing existing laws applicable to the various Federal 

 agencies:" 



]\[r. Haxxa. I think that in a very large sense what I have said 

 could be interpreted as being in the first part the gentleman referred 

 to. It certainly is different from the language of the second part the 

 gentleman is talking about, because as I read the language the gen- 

 tleman read I am sure that refers only to Federal agencies, and what 

 we are talking about here is the possibility which often comes up 

 when we pass legislation of a Federal nature that it is taken as pre- 

 empting certain State laws. 



I think that it does not harm anything to be abundantly clear that 

 we are not intending that this legislation will preempt State laws. 



Mr. Dellenback. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out the last 

 word and rise in opposition to the amendment. 



Mr. Chairman, I will make this very brief, and I will not take the 

 full time. 



Tlie amendment, again, is well intentioned, but it is either absolutely 

 wortliless and adds nothing whatsoever to it, or it is actually harmful 

 for the same reason alluded to by several speakers before, and I would 

 T.irge that this problem be handled by the proper committee at the 

 proper time and that we defeat the substitute amendment. 



The Chairman. The question is on the substitute amendment of- 

 fered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Hamia) to the amend- 

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



The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. 

 Dellenback) there were ayes 66, noes 59. 



So the substitute amendment was agreed to. 



The Chairman. The question is on the amendment offered by the 

 gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gonzalez) as amended. 



The question was taken: and on a division (demanded by Mr. 

 Gonzalez) there were — ayes 56, noes 89. 



TELLER VOTE WITH CLERKS 



Mr. Gonzalez. Mr. Chairman, I demand tellers. 

 Tellers were ordered. 



Mr. Gonzalez. Mr. Chairman, I demand tellers with clerks. 

 Tellers with clerks were ordered; and the Chairman appointed as 

 tellers Messrs. Gonzalez, Mosher, Dellenback, and Hanna. 



