IV. INTRODUCTION OF S. 3922. STATEMENT OF SENATOR 

 ERNEST F. ROLLINGS, AUGUST 19, 1974 



Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions 



By Mr. Hollings : S. 3922. A bill to amend the Coastal Zone Man- 

 agement Act of 1972 to provide more flexibility in the allocation of 

 administrative grants to coastal States, and for other purposes. Re- 

 ferred to the Committee on Commerce. 



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Mr. Hollings. Mr. President, today I am introducing a bill which 

 will make several technical amendments to the provisions of the 

 Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. While funding for the Coastal 

 Zone Management Act was held up by the Office of Management and 

 Budget until almost a year after its enactment, the National Oceanic 

 and Atmospheric Administration has moved quickly in recent months 

 to parcel out coastal zone development grants to the States. At this 

 point in time, the development of State coastal zone management pro- 

 grams pursuant to the act is now well on the way to reality in all but 

 two of our coastal States. 



In this first year of the act's implementation, several technical 

 problems have arisen which I hope can be dealt with adequately by 

 this bill. These amendments have been identified by the staffs of the 

 House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Senate 

 Subcommittee on Oceans and Atmosphere, the National Advisory 

 Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere and by NOAA's Office of 

 Coastal Zone Management, which is responsible for administering 

 the program. 



The coastal zone management program provides for three State 

 grant programs. The first makes grants available to States under 

 section 305 to be used in developing their individual coastal zone 

 management programs. Then, once a State has developed an approval 

 coastal zone management program, it may apply for and receive man- 

 agement grants under section 306 of the act. Finally, the act provides 

 grants under section 312 to be used toward the development of estua- 

 rine sanctuaries. 



My bill would amend the act in four ways. First, it would increase 

 the appropriation for section 305 grants from $9 to $12 million. The 

 successful participation of 28 to 30 coastal States and one territory 

 in the coastal zone management program has emphasized the inade- 

 quacy of the present maximum authorized limit for this section. 

 Indeed $9 million just docs not sti-etch vei-y far when it must be 

 parceled out between all of the coastal States. In the first year of 

 the act's existence, States applying to the Office of Coastal Zone 



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