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of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records 

 as will facilitate an effective audit. 



"(b) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any 

 of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of 

 audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the 

 recipient of the grant that are pertinent to the determination that funds granted 

 are used in accordance with this title. 



"bond and loan guarantees 



"Sec. 310. In addition to grants-in-aid, the Secretary is authorized under such 

 terms and conditions as he may prescribe, to enter into agreements with coastal 

 States to underwrite by guaranty thereof bond issues or loans for the purposes 

 of land acquisition, or land and water development and restoration projects : 

 Provided, That the aggregate principal amount of guaranteed bonds and loans 

 outstanding at any time may not exceed $140,000,000. 



"advisoky committee 



"Sec. 311. (a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to establish a coastal 

 and estuarine zone management advisory committee to advise, consult with, and 

 make recommendations to the Secretary on matters of policy concerning the 

 coastal and estuarine zones of the coastal States of the United States. Such 

 committee shall be composed of not more than fifteen persons designated by the 

 Secretary and shall perform such functions and operate in such a manner as 

 the Secretary may direct. 



"(b) Members of said advisory committee who are not regular full-time 

 employees of the United States, while serving on the business of the committee, 

 including traveltime, may receive compensation at rates not exceeding the daily 

 rate for GS-18; and while so serving away from their homes or regular places 

 of business may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub- 

 sistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for individ- 

 uals in the Government service employed intermittently. 



"estuarine sanctuaries 



"Sec. 312. (a) The Secretary, in accordance with his regulations, is authorized 

 to make available to a coastal State grants up to 50 percentum of the costs of 

 acquisition, development, and operation of estuarine sanctuaries for the purpose 

 of creating natural field laboratories to gather data and make long-term studies 

 of the natural and human processes occurring within the estuaries of the coastal 

 and estuarine zone. The number of estuarine sanctuaries provided for under this 

 section shall not exceed fifteen, and the Federal share of the cost for each such 

 sanctuary shall not exceed $2,000,000. No Federal funds received pursuant to 

 section 306 shall be used for the purpose of this section. 



"(b) When an estuarine sanctuary is established by a coastal State, for the 

 purpose envisioned in subsection (a), whether or not Federal funds have been 

 made available for a part of the costs of acquisition, development, and opera- 

 tion, the Secretary, at the request of the cpastal State concerned, and after con- 

 sultation with interested Federal departments and agencies and other interested 

 parties, may extend the established estuarine sanctuary seaward beyond the coast- 

 al and estuarine zone, to the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes for 

 which the estuarine sanctuary was established. 



"(c) The Secretary shall issue necessary and reasonable regulations related 

 to any such estuarine sanctuary extension to assure that the development and 

 operation thereof is coordinated with the development and oi)er,ation of the 

 estuarine sanctuary of which it forms an extension. 



"comprehensive federal plan for the contiguous zone of the united states 



"Sec. 313. (a) The Secretary shall develop, in coordination with the Secretary 

 of the Interior, and after appropriate consultation with the Secretary of De- 

 fense, the Secretary of Transportation, and other interested parties, Federal 

 and non-Federal, governmental and nongovernmental, a comprehensive plan 

 for the management of the resources of the high seas outside the coastal and 

 estuarine zone and within twelve miles of the baseline from which the breadth 



