I. PUBLIC LAW 93-612, THE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT 

 ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1974 



Public Law 93-612 



93rd Congress, H. R. 16215 



January 2, 1975 



an act 



88 STAT. 1974 



To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, to provide more flexibility 

 in the allocation of administrative grants to coastal States, 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 Coastal 

 Zone Management Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1280) is amended as follows: 



(1) Subsection (e) of section 305 is amended by changing the period 

 at the end of the subsection to a colon and by adding immediately 

 thereafter the following: ^'•And provided further, That the Secretary 

 shall waive the application of the 1 per centum minimum requirement 

 as to any grant under this section, when the coastal State involved 

 requests such a waiver.". 



(2) Subsection (b) of section 306 is amended by deleting all after 

 "relevant factors:", and by inserting in lieu thereof ^''Provided, That 

 no annual grant made under this section shall be in excess of $2,000,000 

 for fiscal year 1975, in excess of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1976, nor in 

 excess of $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 : Provided further, That no 

 annual grant made under this section shall be less than 1 per centum 

 of the total amount appropriated to carry out the purposes of this 

 section: And provided further^ That the Secretary shall waive the 

 application of the 1 per centum minimum requirement as to any grant 

 under this section, when the coastal State involved requests such a 

 waiver.". 



(3) Subsection (a) of section 315 is amended — 



(A) by amending item (1) to read as follows: 



"(1) the sum of $9,000,000 for each of the fiscal years end- 

 ing June 30, 1973, and June 30, 1974, and the sum of 

 $12,000,000 for each of the three succeeding fiscal years, for 

 grants imder section 305, to remain available until expended ;" 

 and 



(B) by inserting, in item (3), after "fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1974," the following : "and for each of the three succeeding fiscal 

 years.". 



Approved January 2, 1975. 



Coastal 



States. 



Administrative 



grants, 



16 use 1451 



note, 



16 use 1454. 



16 use 1455, 



Appropriation. 

 16 use 1464. 



LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : 



HOUSE REPORT No. 93-1587 (eomm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). 

 SENATE REPORT No. 93-1362 accompanying S. 3922 (Cotran, on Commerce). 

 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 120 (1974): 



Dec. 18, considered and passed House. 



Dec. 19, considered ajid passed Senate, 



(529) 



