[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 30 (Thursday, February 25, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H808]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   BIENNIAL REPORT ON ADMINISTRATION OF COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT--
            MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Resources:

To the Congress of the United States:
  I am pleased to transmit the Biennial Report to Congress on the 
Administration of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) of the Office 
of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for fiscal years 
1996 and 1997. This report is submitted as required by section 316 of 
the CZMA of 1972 as amended, (16 U.S.C. 1451, et seq.).
  The report discusses progress made at the national and State level in 
administering the Coastal Zone Management and Estuarine Research 
Reserve Programs during these years, and spotlights the accomplishments 
of NOAA's State coastal management and estuarine research reserve 
program partners under the CZMA.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, February 24, 1999.

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