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of this title ; 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 estab- 

 lished pursuant to the Columbia River Basin Treaty, signed at Washington, 

 January 17, 1961, or the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

 United States and Mexico, 



"annual report 



"Sec. 313. (a) The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President for 

 transmittal to the Congress not later than January 1 of each year a report on the 

 administration of this title for the preceding Federal fiscal 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 Federal fiscal year and a 

 description of those 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 Federal fiscal year; (3) an itemi- 

 zation of the allotment of funds to the various coastal States and a breakdown 

 of the major projects and areas on which these funds were expended; (4) an 

 identification of any State programs which have been reviewed and disapproved 

 or with respect to which grants have been terminated under this title, and a 

 statement of the reasons for such action; (5) a listing of the Federal develop- 

 ment projects which the Secretary has reviewed under section 313 of this title 

 and a summary of the final action taken by the Secretary with respect to each such 

 project ; (6) a summary of the regulations issued by the Secretary or in effect dur- 

 ing the preceding Federal fi.scal year; (7) a summary of a coordinated national 

 strategy and program for tlie Nation's coastal and estuarine zones including iden- 

 tification and discussion of Federal, regional. State, and local responsibilities and 

 functions thereof : (8) a summary of outstanding problems arising in the adminis- 

 tration 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 recommenda- 

 tions for additional legislation as the Secretary deems necessary to achieve the 

 objectives of this title and enhance its effective operation. 



"appropriation s 



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



■'(1) the sum of $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1972 and such sums as may be 

 necessary for the fiscal years thereafter prior to June 30, 1976, for grants un- 

 der section 305 : 



"(2) such sums, not to exceed $50,000,000, as may be necessary for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and such sums as may be necessary for each 

 succeeding fiscal year thereafter for grants under section 306 ; 



"(3) such sums, not to exceed $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1972; $6,000,000 

 for fiscal year 1973; $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $6,000,000 for fiscal 

 year 1975 ; and $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 as may be necessary for grants 

 under section 312 ; and 

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

 not to exceed $3,000,000 annually, as may be necessary for administrative ex- 

 penses incident to the administration of this title." 



Amend the title so as to read : "A bill to establish a national policy and develop 

 a national program for the management, beneficial use, protection, and develop- 

 ment of the land and water resources of the Nation's coastal and estuarine 



[H.R. 3615, 92d Cong., 1st sess. ] 



A BILL To amend the Act of August 3, 1968, relating to the protection and restor.itlon of 

 estuarine areas, to provide for the establishment of a national policy and comprehensive 

 national program for the conservation, management, beneficial use, protection, and 

 development of the land and water resources of the Nation's estuarine and coastal zone 



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

 of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of the Act entitled 

 "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the States, 

 to conduct an inventory and study of the Nation's estuaries and heir natural 



