506 



Taay jointly designate ^n interstate agency of which they are a member, including 

 a river basin commission, to serve as a coastal authority, in which case such au 

 authority shall be subject to the same provisions as an intrastate authority for the 

 purposes of this title; except that allotments made under section 303(a) (1) (A) 

 may, with respect to such an authority, be of any amount not exceeding the sum 

 of the allotments of its member States. 



"(5) The tei*m 'coastal State' means any of the several States which include 

 coastal or estuarine areas within their boundaries, the District of Columbia, 

 Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. 



"effect on existing laws 



"Sec. 307. Nothing in this title shall be construed — 



"(1) to expand or diminish either Federal oi* State jurisdiction respon- 

 sibility, or rights in the field of water resources planning, development, or 

 control ; or to displace, supei'sede, 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 Gov- 

 ernment ; or to limit the authority of Congress to authorize and fund projects ; 

 or 



"(2) to supersede, modify, or repeal existing laws applicable to the various 

 Federal agencies which are authorized to develop or participate in the devel- 

 opment of water and related land resources or to exercise licensing or regu- 

 latory functions in relation thereto, except as required to carry out the provi- 

 sions of this title. 



"authorization of appropkiations 



''Sec. 308. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 

 §5,000,000 annually to carry out the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of 

 section 303 of this title, of which not more than $ annually may be used 



for making grants under such subsection (a). 



"(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $2,000,000 

 annually to carry out the provisions of section 303(c) of this title." 



[H.R. 2493, 92d Cong., 1st sess.] 



A BILL To assist the States In establishing coastal and estuarine zone management plans 



and programs 



Be it enacted hy 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 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 environment. 



"(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 



