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the costs. Appropriations are authorized in the amount of $5 million 

 for fiscal year 1976 and each succeeding 3 fiscal years. 



Finally, H.R. 3981 extends the scope of the Coastal Zone Manage- 

 ment Act of 1972 to cover beaches and islands, and extends dates 

 with increased appropriations. 



H.R. 3807, the "Coastal Zone Environment Act of 1975," is identical 

 to H.R. 3981 except that it would not extend the scope of the Coastal 

 Zone Management Act of 1972 to cover beaches and islands, nor would 

 it extend the Act's existing authorization dates or authorize increased 

 appropriations. 



H.R. 1776, the "Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments of 

 1975," would establish in the Department of the Treasury a Coastal 

 States Fund, from which the Secretary would be authorized to make 

 grants to assist coastal States impacted by anticipated or actual oil 

 and gas production and to ameliorate adverse environmental effects 

 and control secondary social and economic impacts associated with the 

 development of Federal OCS energy resources. The bill would re- 

 quire such grants to be used for planning, construction of facilities, and 

 provision of public services and other activities which the Secretary 

 may in regulations prescribe. 



Ten per centum of the Federal revenues collected under the Outer 

 Continental Shelf Lands Act, but not to exceed 200 million dollars 

 per year for fiscal year 1976 and 1977, are to be used by the Fund. 

 Grants are to be made in proportion to the effects and impacts of off- 

 shore oil and gas exploration, development, and production on af- 

 fected coastal States. Grants do not require matching funds by the 

 States. 



H.R. 1776 requires all Federal agencies to apprise affected coastal 

 States of information in their possession concerning the location and 

 magnitude of potential resources in or on the OCS within 30 days of 

 availability. It also requires those Federal agencies which have au- 

 thority over exploration and development of OCS to make available 

 to affected coastal States information, including long-term plans on 

 any licensing, leasing or permitting activity. 



All appropriate Federal agencies would also coordinate and consult, 

 as an integral part of the agencies' license, lease, or permit processes, 

 with all affected coastal States. H.R. 1776 establishes guidelines for 

 Fund eligibility and authorizes the Secretary of Commerce with those 

 guidelines to establish by regulations grant eligibility. 



H.R. 1776 also provides for Congressional authorization of binding 

 interstate compacts for planning, policies, and programs to contiguous 

 interstate areas but provides for Federal and public participation 

 in coordination. It provides for grants for up to 100 percent of sucli 

 costs, and authoriezs $1 million for fiscal year 1976 and each of the 

 succeeding 3 fiscal years for the program. 



H.R. 3637 would amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 

 to define "affected coastal State" to mean any State bordering on the 

 Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico or Long Island 

 Sound. 



H.R. 3637 also would define "offshore energy facility" and "related 

 onshore facility." 



H.R. 3637 would specifv that, for 1 year following the effective 

 enactment of the bill, no Federal agency may take any action which 



