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"(d) Prior to establishment of an interstate agreement or compact pursuant 

 to this section, the Secretary is authorized to malie grants to a multistate 

 instrumentality or to a group of States for the purpose of creating temporary 

 ad hoc planning and coordinating entities to — 



"(1) coordinate State coastal zone planning, policies, and programs in con- 

 tiguous interstate areas ; 



"(2) study, plan, and/or implement unified coastal zone policies in such inter- 

 state areas ; and 



"(3) provide a vehicle for communication with Federal oflScials with regard 

 to Federal activities affecting the coastal zone of such interstate areas. 



The amount of such grants shall not exceed 90 percent of the cost of creating and 

 maintaining such an entity. The Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, the 

 Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, and the Administrator of 

 the Environmental Protection Agency, or their designated representatives, are 

 authorized and directed to participate ex officio on behalf of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment, upon the request of the parties to such ad hoc planning and coordinat- 

 ing entities. This subsection shall become void and cease to have any force or 

 effect 5 years after the date of enactment of this title. 



"coastal beseabch and technical assistance 



"Sec. 310. (a) In order to facilitate the realization of the purposes of this Act, 

 the Secretary is authorized to encourage and to support private and public or- 

 ganizations concerned with coastal zone management in conducting research and 

 studies relevant to coastal zone management. 



"(b) The Secretary is authorized to conduct a program of research, study, and 

 training to support the development and implementation of State coastal zone 

 management programs. Each department, agency, and instrumentality of the 

 executive branch of the Federal Government shall assist f^^e Secretary, upon his 

 written request, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, in carrying out the pur- 

 poses of this section, including the furnishing of information to the extent per- 

 mitted by law, the transfer of personnel with their consent and without preju- 

 dice to their position and rating, and in the actual conduct of any such research, 

 study, and training so long as such activity does not interfere with the perform- 

 ance of the primary duties of such department, agency, or instrumentality. The 

 Secretary may enter into contracts and other arrangements with suitable indi- 

 viduals, business entities, and other institutions or organizations for such pur- 

 poses. The Secretary shall make the results of research conducted pursuant to 

 this section available to any interested person. The Secretary shall include, in 

 the annual report prepared and submitted pursuant to this Act. a summary and 

 evaluation of the research, study, and training conducted under this section. 



"(c) The Secretary is authorized to assist the coastal States to develop their 

 own capability for carrying out short-term research, studies, and training re- 

 quired in support of coastal zone management. Such assistance may be provided 

 by the Secretary in the form of annual grants. The amount of such a grant to a 

 coastal State shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of developing such 

 capability.". 



(14) Section 316, as redesignated, of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1462) is amended by 

 amending subsection (a) thereof as follows: (A) deleting "and" at the end of 

 paragraph (8) thereof immediately after the semicolon ; (B) renumbering para- 

 graph (9) thereof as paragraph (11) thereof; and (C) inserting the following 

 two new paragraphs : 



"(9) a general description of the economic, environmental, and social impacts 

 of the development or production of energy resources or the siting of energy fa- 

 cilities affecting the coastal zone ; 



"(10) a description and evaluation of interstate and regional planning mecha- 

 nisms developed by the coastal States ; and". 



(15) Section 318. as redesignated, of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1464) is further re- 

 designated and amended to read as follows : 



"AtJTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS 



"Sec. 320. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated — 



"(1) the sum of $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1976, $5,000,000 

 for the transitional fiscal quarter ending September 30. 1976, $20,000,000 for the 

 fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending Sep- 

 tember 30, 1978, and $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, 

 for grants under section 305 of this Act, to remain available until expended ; 



