III. DEBATE AND PASSAGE OF H.R. 16215 IN THE HOUSE 

 OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 18, 1974 



Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments 



Mr. Downing. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass 

 the bill (H.R. 16215) 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, as amended. 



The Clerk read as follows : 



H.R. 16215 



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 fol- 

 lowing : "And provided further, That the Secretary shall waive the application 

 of the 1 per centum minimum requirement as to any grant under tliis 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 applica- 

 tion 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 ending 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,". 



The Speaker. Is a second demanded ? 



Mr. MosHER, Mr. Speaker, I demand a second. 



The Speaker. Without objection, a second will be considered as 

 ordered. 



There was no objection. 



The Speaker. The gentleman from Virginia (jNIr. Downing) will be 

 recognized for 20 minutes, and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. INIosher) 

 will be recognized for 20 minutes. 



The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Downing). 



Mr. Downing. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may con- 

 sume. 



(Mr. Downing asked and was given permission to revise and extend 

 his remarks.) 



Mr. Downing. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 16215 proposes to amend the 

 Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, title ?> of the so-callod Marine 

 Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966. The purpose of 



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