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"(3) There are authorized to be appropriated to the revolving fund such sums 

 as may be necessary to carry out tlie provisions of tliis section. 



"(4) Funds may be obligated for purposes stated in subsection (i) only to the 

 extent provided in appropriation Acts. 



"(j) No bond or other evidence of indebtedness shall be guaranteed under this 

 section unless the issuer of the evidence of indebtedness and the person holding the 

 note with respect to such evidence of indebtedness permit the General Account- 

 ing OflSce to audit, under I'ules prescribed by the Comptroller General of the 

 United States, all financial transactions of such issuer and holder which relate 

 to such evidence of indebtedness. The representatives of the General Accounting 

 Office shall have access to all books, accounts, reports, files, and other records of 

 such issuer and such holder insofar as any such record pertains to financial 

 transactions relating to the evidence of indebtedness guaranteed under tliis 

 section. 



"(k) For purposes of this section, the term 'unit of general purpose local 

 government' shall mean any city, county, town, township, parish, village, or 

 other general purpose political subdivision of a coastal state, if such general 

 purpose political subdivision possesses taxing powers and has responsibility 

 for providing public facilities or public services to the community, as deter- 

 mined by the Secretary. 



"(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the authority to 

 make guarantees or commitments to guarantee under this section shall be effec- 

 tive only to the extent provided in appropriation Acts enacted after the date of 

 enactment of this section." 



Sec. 3. (a) There shall be in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- 

 tration an Associate Administrator for Coastal Zone Management who shall be 

 appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

 Such Associate Administrator shall be a qualified individual who is, by reason 

 of background and experience, especially (pialified to direct the implementation 

 and administration of this Act. Such Associate Administrator shall be comi^en- 

 sated at the rate now or hereafter provided for level V of the Executive Schedule 

 Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5316). 



(b) Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

 end thereof the following new paragraph : 



"(135) Associate Administrator for Coastal Zone Management, National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.'". 



Sec. 4. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify or abrogate the 

 consistenev requirements of section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act 

 of 1972. 



The motion was ao:reed to. 



The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 

 third time, and passed. 



The title was amended so as to read : "To amend the Coastal Zone 

 Management Act of 1972 to authorize and assist the coastal States to 

 study, plan for, manage, and control the impact of energy resource 

 development and production which affects the coastal zone, and for 

 other purposes." 



A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. 



A similar House bill (H.R. 3981) was laid on the table. 



