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and make recommendations to the Council on matters of policy concerning the 

 coastal zone resource. Any such committee shall be comiwsed of persons desig- 

 nated by the Chairman and shall perform such functions and operate in such 

 a manner as the Chairman may direct. 



"(b) Members of such advisory committees who are not regular full-time 

 employees of the United States, while serving on the business of the committees, 

 including traveltime, may receive compensation at rates not exceeding the daily 

 rate for GS-IS ; and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of 

 business may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsist- 

 ence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for individuals 

 in the Government service employed intermittently. 



"estuaeine sanctuaries 



"Sec, 311. The Council, in accordance with its I'egulations, is authorized to 

 make available to a coastal authority grants 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 long-term studies 

 of the natural and human proesses occurring within the estuaries of the coastal 

 zone : Provided, That no State funds received pursuant to section 306 shall be 

 used for this purpose. 



"federal projects 



"Skc. 312. (a) All Federal agencies conducting or supporting research or other 

 activities in a coastal zone shall seek to make such activities support and be con- 

 sistent with the program of the appropriate coastal authority and shall consult 

 with such authority prior to such activity. 



"(b) Federal agencies shall not undertake any development pro.iect in a 

 coastal zone which, in the opinion of the appropriate coastal authority, are in- 

 consistent with the master plan of such coastal authority unless the Council, 

 after receiving detailed comments from both the Federal agency and the coastal 

 authority and investigating the proposed development project, finds that such 

 project is on balance, consistent with the general objectives of this title. 



"(c) When the appropriate coastal authority approves a development project 

 of any Federal agency in the coastal zone as consistent with its master plan, the 

 Council may, upon petition of at least six of its members, review such develop- 

 ment project, and after receiving detailed comments from both the Federal 

 agency and the coastal authority and investigating the proposed development 

 project, reject such development project if it finds that sucli project is, on 

 balance, inconsistent with the general objectives of this title. 



"(d) All Federal agencies shall include in any request for authorization or 

 funding of Federal projects in a coastal zone a statement of their relevance to 

 the plan of the appropriate coastal authority. 



"regulations 



"Sec. 313. In carrying out the provisions of this title, the Council may issue 

 such regulations as may be appropriate. 



"voting 



"Sec. 314. All Council actions taken under this title shall be by majority vote 

 of its members. In the event of a tie vote, the Chairman is authorized to cast 

 an additional vote. 



"annual report 



"Sec. 315. (a) The Council shall prepare and submit to the President for 

 transmittal to the Congress not later than January 1 of each year a compre- 

 hensive report on the administration of this title for the preceding calendar 

 year. Such report shall include but not be restricted to (1) an identification 

 of the State programs approved pursuant to this title during the preceding 

 calendar year and a description of these programs; (2) a listing of the States 

 participating in the provisions of this title and a description of the status of 

 each State's programs and its accomplishments during the preceding calendar 

 year; (3) an itemization of the allotment of funds to the various coastal au- 

 thorities and a breakdown of the major projects and areas on which these funds 



