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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT ON PAGE 27, LINE 4 



The purpose of this amendment is to conform the automatic grant provision 

 of section 308 with the language used elsewhere in section 308 in connection 

 with the purposes for loans and grants under the section. 



EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT ON PAGE 30, LINE 5 



This is a technical amendment to the proposed new section 309 which is en- 

 titled "Interstate Coordination Grants to States" and which authorizes and 

 directs that certain Federal agencies and departments become involved in the 

 Federal-State consultation process. The amendment merely adds the Adminis- 

 trator of the Federal Energy Administration to the agencies mentioned. 



EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT ON PAGE 32, LINE 18 



Amendment No. 14 to the Coastal Zone Management Act states that it amends 

 section 316, as redesignated. In actuality, this particular amendment changes 

 subsection (a) of that section. This technical amendment clarifies the bill. 



EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT ON PAGE 3 7, LINES 11 THROUGH 23 



The purpose of this amendment is to more explicitly state the Committee's 

 intent in adopting section 318(a). The Committee's intent is that funds made 

 available under the Act for loans and grants are not to be used as a device to 

 require the States to take specific action with respect to individual land or 

 water use decisions it makes. For example, the Secretary of Commerce cannot 

 require a State to site a certain energy facility on penalty of loss of funds under 

 the Act. As stated in the Committee Report at page 43, the Secretary is restricted 

 under the CZM Act to evaluating the adequacy of the State process. 



EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT ON PAGE 40, LINE 22 



The purpose of this amendment is to assure, consistent with the Committee in- 

 tention as stated in page 43 of the Report, that nothing in the entire bill shall 

 interfere with the ability of any State which has an approved management pro- 

 gram to prevent (except in cases of national security) Federal actions affecting 

 their coastal zones which are inconsistent with their approved programs. A like 

 provision appears in section 308 but only pertains to the provisions of that 

 section. Making that provision only there could be argued to raise an implication 

 that the other provisions may be inconsistent with section 307. Adding this new 

 section to the bill will clarify any uncertainty. 



The Presiding Ofticer. The question is on agreeing to the teclinical 

 amendments. 



The technical amendments were agreed to. 



Mr. Bumpers. Mr. President, I have an unprinted amendment at the 

 desk, and I ask for its immediate consideration. 



The Presiding Officer. The amendment will be stated. 



The legislative clerk read as follows : 



On page 12, line 18, strike " (1) ". 



On page 12, line 20. strike " ;or". 



On page 12, strike lines 21 thru 24 inclusive. 



On page 12, line 25, Strike " (1) of this subsection". 



Mr. Bumpers. Mr. President, I am willing to enter into a unanimous- 

 consent agreement with the floor managers of the bill to debate this 

 matter for 5 or 10 minutes. I can explain my amendment very quickly. 



I have just suggested that we enter into a unanimous-consent agree- 

 ment to limit debate of this amendment to 10 minutes or less, 5 minutes 

 on cither side. 



Mr. Long. Mr. President, I will have to object to anything less than 

 10 minutes on each side. I would like to hear what this amendment is. 



Mr. HoLLiXGS. It is a very important amendment. It does a^-ay 

 with the platform construction provision for drilling offshore. 



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