[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 30 (Thursday, February 25, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S2006]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT (CZMA) 
   FOR FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 10

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation.

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 the 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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