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Passage of this amendment assures that there will be so-called front 

 end money so that city and county officials can anticipate the needs, 

 which dramatic increases in population bring. The West, which has 

 been called upon to provide additional energy in this time of energy 

 shortages since it is the area where most of the strippable coal is found, 

 will be able to make provision for these people so as to obviate the veiy 

 real social and economic problems which all too often in the past have 

 been characteristic of the region's response to the Nation's needs. 



Mr. HoLLiNGS. Mr. President, I send to the desk a package of tech- 

 nical amendments which have been checked out with the minority. I 

 ask unanimous consent that they be considered en bloc. 



The Presiding Officer. May we have order in the Senate ? 



Mr. HoLLiNGS. I will say to the Senator from Alaska, I have sub- 

 mitted the technical amendments, and I have asked unanimous consent 

 that they be considered and adopted en bloc. 



Mr. Stevens. We have examined these amendments. They are tech- 

 nical in nature and necessary to carry out the intent of the bill. We 

 are agreeable to their being considered en bloc. They are clerical, 

 really. 



Mr. HoLLiNGS. Will the}' be considered en bloc ? 



The Presiding Officer. Without objection, it is so ordered. 



The legislative clerk read as follows : 



The Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings) proposes certain technical 

 -amendments. 



The technical amendments are as follows : 



On page 24, line 9, delete the period and insert thereof the following : 



"Provided: That such allocation shall not relieve such State of the responsibility 

 for insuring that any funds so allocated shall be applied in furtherance of the 

 purposes of this section." 



On page 37, strike out lines 11 through 23 and insert in lieu thereof the follow- 

 ing: 



"Sec. 318. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the approval of 

 the Secretary as to any State land or water use decision pertaining to individual 

 cases, including, but not limited to, the siting of energy facilities, as a prerequi- 

 site to such State's eligibility for grants or loans under this Act." 



On page 30. line 5, after the word "Agency," insert the words "the Administrator 

 of the Federal Energy Administration,". 



On page 40. line 22. insert the following new section : 



"Sec. 104. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify or abrogate the 

 consistency requirements of section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act 

 of 1972." 



On page 32, line 18, after the words "amended by" insert the words "amending 

 subsection (a) thereof as follows :". 



On page 24, line 23, insert the following: after the word "section": ", except 

 those funds made available pursuant to subsection (K) ," 



Mr. Hollings. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have 

 printed in the Record at this point explanations of the technical 

 amendments. 



There being no objection, the explanations of the technical amend- 

 ments were ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows : 



EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT ON PAGE 2 4, LINE 9 



The purpose of this amendment is to conform section 308(f) of the bill to the 

 present language in section 305(f) of the CZM Act. It merely provides that when 

 a State allocates funds provided under the amended Act to a local government 

 or other entity, the funds must be used as originally intended when distributed 

 to the State. 



