492 



Sec. 2. Section 3(a) of the Marine Resources and Engineering Development 

 Act of 1966 (33 U.S.C. 1102 (z) ) is amended by adding at tlie end thereof the 

 following : 



"(10) The Secretary of the Army." 



Sec. 3. Section 3(f) of the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act 

 of 1966 (33 U.S.C. 1102 (f ) ) is amended by striking out "June 30, 1970" and in- 

 serting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1975". 



Sec. 4. Section 9 of the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 

 1966 (33 U.S.C. 1108) is amended by striking out "$1,200,000" and inserting in 

 lieu thereof "$3,000,000". 



[S. 5S2, 92d Cong., 1st sess.] 



A BILL To establish a national policy and develop a national program for the management, 

 beneficial use, protection, and development of the land and water resources of the 

 Nation's coastal and estuarine zones 



Be it enacted Vy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assemUed, That the Act entitled "An Act to provide for 

 a comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated national program in marine science, 

 to establish a National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Develop- 

 ment, and a Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources, and 

 for other purposes" approved October 15, 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1121 et 

 seq. ) , is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new titles : 



"TITLE III— PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF THE COASTAL 

 AND ESTUARINE ZONE 



"short title 



"Sec. 301. This title may be cited as the 'National Coastal and Estuarine Zone 

 Management Act of 1971'. 



"congressional findings 



"Sec. 302. The Congress finds — 



"(a) That the well-being of American society now demands that manmade 

 laws be extended to regulate the impact of man on the biophysical en^-ironment. 



"(b) That there is a national interest in the effective management, beneficial 

 use, protection, and development of the Nation's coastal and estuarine zone. 



"(c) That the coastal and estuarine zone is rich in a variety of natural, com- 

 mercial, recreational, industrial, and esthetic resources of immediate and poten- 

 tial value to the present and future well-being of our Nation. 



"(d) That the increasing and competing demands upon the lands and waters 

 of our coastal and estuarine zone occasioned by population growth and economic 

 development, including requirements for industry, commerce, residential develop- 

 ment, recreation, extraction of mineral resources and fossil fuels, transportation 

 and navigation, waste disposal, and har%'esting of fish, shellfish, and other living 

 marine resources, have resulted in the loss of living marine resources, wildlife, 

 nutrient-rich areas, i)ermanent and adverse changes to ecological systems, 

 decreasing open space for public use, and shoreline erosion. 



"(e) That the coastal and estuarine zone, and the fish, shellfish, other living 

 marine resources, and wildlife therein, are ecologically fragile and consequently 

 extremely vulnerable to destruction by man's alterations. 



"(f) That present land and water uses in the more populated coastal areas do 

 not adequately accommodate the diverse requirements of the coastal and estua- 

 rine zone. 



"(g) That in light of competing demands and the urgent need to protect our 

 coastal and estuarine zone, the institutional framework responsible is currently 

 diffuse in focus, neglected in importance, and inadequate in regulatory authority. 



"(h) That the key to more effective use of the coastal and estuarine zone is 

 the introduction of a management system permitting conscious and informed 

 choices among alternative uses. 



"(i) That the absence of a national policy and an integrated management and 

 planning mechanism for the coastal and estuarine zone resource has contributed 

 to the impairment of the Nation's environmental quality. 



