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evaluations should rest initially upon the responsible agencies. In line 

 with this concept, we believe the Congress should attempt to specify 

 the kinds of information and tests which will enable it to better assess 

 how well programs are working and whether alternative approaches 

 may offer better promise. We will be happy to work with the Com- 

 mittee in developing specific language if you wish. 



Also, we note that this bill is a duplicate of S. 586, 94th Congress, 

 concerning which general comments were made in a statement by As- 

 sistant Comptroller General Phillip S. Hughes, dated April 9, 1975, 

 before joint Senate hearings conducted by the Committee on Internal 

 and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Commerce. In this state- 

 ment, a copy of which is enclosed for your information, we stressed 

 timely consideration of S. 586 and other legislative proposals which 

 would insure the protection of, or orderly development of the coastal 

 zones. 



Enclosed is a list of suggested technical and editorial changes to 

 H.R. 3981 that the Committee may wish to consider. 

 Sincerely yours, 



R. F. Keller, 

 Deputy ComptroUer General of the United States. 



Enclosures. 



Technical axd Editorial Suggestions to H.R. 3981, 94th Congress 



1. On page 1, line 8, the second "thereof" should be deleted and "of 

 subsection (h) " should be inserted in its place. 



2. On page 2, line 10, "16 U.S.C. 1455(c) (3) " should read "16 U.S.C. 

 1456(c)(3)". 



3. On page 8, line 5, section 6(b) (1), which would amend 16 U.S.C. 

 1464(a) by deleting "three" in paragraph (1) thereof and inserting 

 in lieu thereof "four" should be stricken from this bill because the 

 word "three" does not appear in 16 U.S.C. 1466 (a) . 



4. On page 9, line 6, we believe that section 7(a), which would amend 

 16 U.S.C. 1451(e) by inserting "ecological" immediately after "rec- 

 reational" was intended to amend that section by inserting the word 

 "recreational" after the word "ecological". 



5. On page 10, line 1, "Section 306(c) (9)" should read "section 315"; 

 also, in line 3 "after" preceding ", Beaches and Islands" should be 

 deleted. 



6. On page 10, line 16, "16 U.S.C. 1451" should read "16 U.S.C. 1453". 



7. On page 10, line 17, " (1) " should read " (i) ". 



U.S. Department of the Interior, 



Office of the Secret^vry, 

 Washington, D.C., May 6, 1976. 

 Hon. Leonor K. Sttllivan, 



Chairman. Convmittee on. M erehant M arine ajid Fisheries., 

 House of Representatives.. Washington. D.C. 



Dear Madam Chairman : This responds to your request for the 

 views of this Department concernins; several bills which deal with the 

 energy resources of the Outer Continental Shelf, H.R. 3981, H.R. 3807, 

 H.R. i776, H.R. 3637 and H.R. 6090. 



