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"(i) study and planning for lohlch financial assistance may he 

 provided under subsection (h) (^) {B) and {c),or 



•'{'2) public facilities and public services for ivhich financial 

 assistance may be provided under subsection (&) (^) {B) and (d), 

 the Secretary shall^ to the extent practicable^ administer such sub- 

 sections — 



"(yl) on the basis that the financial assistance shall be in addi- 

 tion to, and not in lieu of, any Federcd funds which any coastal 

 state or unit of general purpose local government may obtain un- 

 der any other law ; and 

 " {B) to avoid duplication. 

 " (Z) As used in th is section — 



"(i) The term 'retirement^ when used with respect to bonds, 

 ■ means the redemption in full and the withdrawal from circula- 

 tion of those which, cannot be repaid by the issuing jurisdiction 

 in accordance with the appropriate repay me)it schedule. 



"(^) The term 'unavoidable\ when used with respect to a loss 

 of any valuable environmental or recreational resource, means a 

 loss, in whole or in part — 



"(J.) the costs of prevention, reduction, or amelioration of 

 which cannot be directly or indirectly attributed to, or as- 

 sessed against, any identifiable person; or 



"(J?) cminot be paid for with funds which are available 



under, or pursuant to, any provision of Federal law other 



than this section. 



" {3) The term '■unit of general purpose local government means 



any political subdivision of any coastal stale or any special entity 



created by such a state or subdivisiori which (in whole or part) 



is located in, or has authority over, such stale's coastal zone, and 



which (A) has authority to levy taxes or establish and collect 



user fees, and (B) jyrovides any public facility or public service 



which is financed in whole or part by taxes or user fees^. 



SEC. 8. INTERSTATE GRANTS. 



The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is further amended by 

 adding immediately after section 308 {as added by section 7 of this 

 Act) the following : 



'•''INTERSTATE GRANTS 



'"''Sec. 300. {a) The coastal states are encouraged to give high 

 prioHty — 



"(i) to coordinating state coastal zone planning, policies, and 

 programs with respect to contiguous areas of such states; and 



"(^) to studying, planning^ and implementing unified coastal 

 zone policies with respect to such area.s. 

 Such coordination, study, planning, and implementation may be con- 

 ducted pursuant to interstate agreements or compacts. The Secretary 

 may make grants annually, in amounts not to exceed 00 per coitum of 

 the cost of sueh coordination, study, planning, or imjdementalion, if 

 the Secretary finds that the proceeds of such grants u^ill be used for 

 purposes consistent with sections 305 and 306. 



"(6) The consent of the Congress is hereby given to two or more 

 coastal states to negotiate, and to enter into, agreements or compacts, 

 which do not confiict vnth any law or treaty of the United States, for — 



