955 



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Congress of the United States, 



Congressional Budget Office, 

 W{ish{ngton, D.C., Fehrmary 19, 1976. 

 Hon. Leonor K. Sullivan, 



Chairman, Commiftee on Merrhant Marine and Fisheries, U.S. House 

 of Representatives, Washington, B.C. 

 Dear Madame Chairman : Pursuant to Section 403 of the Conces- 

 sional Budget Act of 1974, the Conorressional Biidp:et Office has pre- 

 pared the attached cost estimate for H.R. 3981, Coastal Zone Manage- 

 ment Amendments Act of 1976. 



Should the Committee so desire, we would be pleased to provide 

 further details on the attached cost estimate. 

 Sincerely, 



Alice M. Rivlin, 



Director. 

 Congressional Budget Office 

 cost estimate 



February 13, 1976. 



1. Bill Number: H.R. 3981. 



2. Bill Title : Coastal Zone Management Amendments Act of 1976. 



3. Purpose of Bill : The bill makes several amendments to the 

 Coastal Zone Manacrement Act of 1972 (16 USC 1451-1464). The pur- 

 pose of these amendments is to assist the coastal states in studving, 

 planninq- for. manafirincr. and controlling the effects of Out^r Conti- 

 nental Shelf fOCS) resource development and production. The bill 

 is for authorization, and therefore, subiect to appropriation action. 



4. Cost Estimate : The bill has no budsret effects for fiscal year 1976 

 or the transition nuarter. The overall budget impact for fiscal years 

 1977 to 1981 is as follows. 



BUDGET effects 

 Authorization levels : 



Fisral vear: Milliont, 



1977 ' $477 



197S 300 



1979 325 



1980 326 



19S1 250 



Costs : 



Fiscal vear : 



1977 81 



1978 259 



1979 315 



1980 347 



1981 331 



1 This pstimfltp Inrltiflos pw authorization for thp trnarantpp of np to S200 oon.noo In Stqtp 

 anfl local bond ohlieatlons. Thp nnpstlon of how the Imnosltlon of such a "oontlncrpnt llabU- 

 Itv" on thp Fpdprnl Govprnment should hp trpatpd in a hndtret spnsp Is unrp«olvpd at this 

 tlnip. Thp ffuarnntpps poniri hp plthpr an on or oflF-bndfrpt Item, with appropriations required 

 for any outlays resulting from the Ruarantpe. 



5. Basis for Kstimate : For each of thp cpptions described below, the 

 authorization levels are stated in the bill. "\Vhere the bill authorizes an 

 increased level for an on-froin.Tr program, the estimates are shown net 

 of these amounts (assumed to be equal to the President's budget re- 

 quest). 



