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plementation of coastal zone management programs. The Secretary 

 is authorized to enter into contracts and other arrangements for these 

 purposes and otlier Federal agencies are to assist in carrying out these 

 X^urposes. 



Subsection (b) authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any 

 coastal state to assist such state in carrying out research, studies, and 

 training required in support of coastal zone management, in an amount 

 not to exceed 80 per centum of the cost of such research, studies and 

 training. 



Subsection (c) requires the Secretary to provide for the coordina- 

 tion of these research and training activities with other such activities 

 conducted by the Secretary. The Secretary shall make the results of 

 any such research available to any interested person. 



Section 10. Revie w of Performa7ice 



Section 10 of the conference substitute makes a conforming change 

 in section 312 of the 1972 Act (formerly section 809) to apply the 

 performance review requirement of that section to the Coastal 

 Energy Impact Program provided for under section 308. 



Section 11. Audit of Transactions 



Section 11 of the conference substitute follow the House amendment 

 by making a conforming change in section 313 of the 1972 Act 

 (formerly section 310) to provide for recordkeeping and auditing, by 

 the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, with 

 respect to financial assistance and transactions imder section 308. 



Section 12. Acquisition of Access to Public Beaches and Other Public 

 Coastal A reas 

 Section 12 of the conference substitute follows the House amend- 

 ment in amending section 315 of the Coastal Zone ^Management Act of 

 1972 (formerly section 312) to authorize the Secretary to make grants 

 to coastal states for up to 50 per centum of the cost of acquisition of 

 access to public beaches and other public coastal areas of specified 

 value and follows new section 320(6) of the Senate bill in including 

 in such authorization grants for the preservation of islands. The 

 amendment and the existing section are conformed for the sake of 

 greater clarity. 



Section 13. Annual Report 



Section 13 of the conference substitute follows tlie Senate bill and 

 the House amendment in adding three more mandatory subjects to 

 the required annual report on the administration of the Coastal Zone 

 Management Act of 1972, under section 316(a) of the 1972 Act 

 (formerly section 313). The three new topics follow the three new 

 sections added by the conference substitute. 



Section IJf. Authorization of Appropriations 



Section 14 of the conference substitute amends section 318 of the 

 Coastal Zone ^Management Act of 1972 (formerly section ;U5) to i)ro- 

 vide for appropriation authorizations for each of the se\eral programs 

 for wliich funds may be expended under the 1972 Act and the con- 

 ference substitute amendments to that Act. In each case, the authoriza- 



