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diction 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 ; 

 nor to limit the authority of Congress to authorize and fund projects ; 



"(2) to change or otherwise affect the authority or responsibility of any 

 Federal official in the discharge of the duties of his office except as required 

 to carry out the provisions of this section ; 



"(3) as superseding, modifying, or repealing existing laws applicable to 

 the various Federal agencies, except as required to carry out the provisions 

 of this section ; nor to affect the jurisdiction, powers, or prerogatives of the 

 International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, the Permanent 

 Engineering Board, and the United States Operating Entity or Entities 

 established pursuant to the Columbia River Basin Treaty, signed at Wash- 

 ington, January 17, 1961, or the International Boundary and Water Com- 

 mission, United States and Mexico, 

 "(i) Miscellaneous. 



"(1) The Secretary shall develop, after appropriate consultation with other 

 interested parties, both Federal and non-Federal, such rules and regulations 

 covering the submission and review of applications for grants authorized by 

 subsections (c) and (d) as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 

 section. 



'•(2) A coastal State receiving a grant under the provisions of subsections (c) 

 and (d) of this section, the agency designated by the Governor to administer 

 such grant, and an interstate agency allocated a portion of a grant under the 

 provisions of subsection (d) shall make reports and evaluations in such form, at 

 such times, and containing such information concerning the status and appli- 

 cation of Federal funds and the operation of the approved management pro- 

 grams the Secretary may require, and shall keep and make available such 

 records as may be required by the Secretary for the verification of such reports 

 and evaluations. 



"(3) The Secretary, the head of another Federal agency concerned, and the 

 Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized rep- 

 resentatives, shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any 

 books, documents, papers, and records of a grant recipient that are pertinent to 

 the grant received under the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this 

 section. 



" ( j ) APPEOPBLA.TIONS. 



" ( 1 ) There are authorized to be appropriated : 



"(A) the sum of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1971 and such sums as may be 

 necessary for the fiscal years thereafter prior to June 30, 1975, for grants 

 under subsection (c) of this section ; and 



"(B) such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1972, and for each succeeding fiscal year thereafter for grants under sub- 

 section (d) of this section. 

 "(2) There are also authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

 necessary for the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this section." 



[S. 3460, 91st Cong., 2d sess.] 



A BILL To establish a national policy for the coastal zone resource, to encourage a 

 systematic approach to coastal zone planning and development, and to assist the States 

 In establishing coastal zone management programs 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled. That as a result of the report of the 

 Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources carried out pursuant 

 to section 5(a) of the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 

 1966, as amended, and the information derived therefrom, the Act entitled "An 

 Act to provide for a comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated national pro- 

 gram in marine science, to establish a National Council on Marine Resources, 

 Engineering, and Development, and a Commission on Marine Science, Engineer- 

 ing, and Resources, and for other purposes", approved October 15, 1966, as 



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