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other living marine resources, mineral resources, and fossil fuels, 

 "(k) Appropkiations. — 

 " ( 1 ) There are authorized to be appropriated — 



"(A) such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal years 1972 through 

 1976 for grants under subsection (c) of this section; and 



"(B) such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 1972 and for each 

 succeeding fiscal year thereafter for grants under subsection (d) of this 

 section. 

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

 as may be necessary to carry out the remaining provisions of this title. 



[H.R. 9229, 92(1 Cong., 1st sess.] 



A BILL To establish a national policy and develop a national program for the manage- 

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

 Nation's coastal and estuarine zones, and for other purposes 



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 Coimcil on Marine Resources and Engineering Develop- 

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

 other purposes", approved June 17, 1966 (80 Stat. 203), as amended (33 U.S.C. 

 1101-11^), is further 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 

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

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

 and navigation, waste disposal, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, and other living 

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

 nutrient-rich areas, permanent and adverse changes to ecological systems, de- 

 creasing 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 estuarine 

 zone. 



"(g) That is 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 con- 

 tributed to the impairment of the Nation's environmental quality. 



