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effect during the preceding Federal fiscal year; (7) a summary of a coordinated 

 national strategy and program for tlie Nation's coastal zone including identifica- 

 tion and discussion of Federal, regional, State, and local responsibilities and 

 functions thereof; (8) a summary of outstanding problems arising in the admin- 

 istration of this title in order of priority ; and (9) such other information as may 

 be required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 



"(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall contain such recommendations 

 for additional legislation as the Secretary deems necessary to achieve the objec- 

 tives of this title and enhance its effective operation. 



' 'appropriation s 



"Sec. 314. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated — 



"(1) the sum $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1972 and such sums as may be 

 necessary not to exceed $7,000,000 annually, for each of the fiscal years 

 thereafter prior to June 30, 1976, for grants under section 305 ; 



"(2) such sums, not to exceed $7,000,000 as may be necessary for the fiscal 



year ending June 30, 1973, and each succeeding fiscal year thereafter for 



grants under section 306. 



"(b) There are also authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums, 



not to exceed $1,000,000 annually, as may be necessary for administrative expenses 



incident to the administration of this title." 



"length of authorization 



"Sec. 315. (a) This authorization for exercise of authority and expenditure of 

 funds shall expire ten years from the date that this act shall finally become 

 effective ; and 



"(b) The expiration of all authority under the Act shall not, of itself, affect 

 adversely any State agency operating under the act. 



"special exception 



"Sec. 316. For the purpose of excluding Federal funds from matching require- 

 ments, under this Act, any funds appropriated pursuant to a Federal revenue 

 sharing authorization or a consolidation of existing Federal grant programs into 

 not more than ten general purpose grant programs shall not be considered as 

 'other Federal revenue from other sources' as mentioned in section 305(a) of this 

 Act and other places in this Act." 



[H.R. 2492, 92(1 Cong., 1st sess.] 

 A BILL To provide for the effective management of the Nation's coastal and estuarlne areas 



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

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

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

 science, to establish a National Coucil on Marine Resources and Engineering 

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

 and for other purposes", approved June 17, 1966 (80 Stat. 203, 33 U.S.C. 1101- 

 1124), is amended by adding at the end thereof the fololwing new title : 



"TITLE III— COASTAL AND ESTUARINE AREA MANAGEMENT 



"short title 



"Sec. 301. This title may be cited as the 'Coastal and Estuarine Area Manage- 

 ment Act'. 



"statement of policy 



"Sec. 302. The Congress finds that rapidly intensifying use of coastal and 

 estuarine areas has outrun the capabilities of Federal, State, and local machinery 

 to plan their orderly development and to resolve conflicts. The key to more effec- 

 tive use of our coastal and estuarine areas is the introduction of a management 

 system permitting conscious and informed choices among development alterna- 

 tive.s, proving for proper planning, and encouraging recognition of the long-terra 

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