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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1913 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 

Referred to the Committee on Resources 

AN ACT 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion 

of the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use 

as a visitor center for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Section 1. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—DOROTHY BUELL MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Definitions. 

Sec. 103. Memorandum of understanding. 

Sec. 104. Lease agreement. 

Sec. 105. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—PUBLIC LAND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Sec. 202. Gaylord Nelson Wilderness. 

Sec. 203. Arlington House land transfer. 

Sec. 204. Cumberland Island Wilderness. 

Sec. 205. Petrified Forest boundary. 

Sec. 206. Commemorative works. 

3 TITLE I—DOROTHY BUELL 

4 MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER 

5 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Dorothy Buell Memo7 rial Visitor Center Lease Act’’. 

8 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this title: 

10 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

11 means the Porter County Convention, Recreation 

12 and Visitor Commission. 

13 (2) LAKESHORE.—The term ‘‘Lakeshore’’ 

14 means the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. 

15 (3) LAKESHORE CENTER.—The term ‘‘Lake16 shore Center’’ means the visitor center for the Lake17 shore authorized under section 104(a). 


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1 (4) MEMORIAL CENTER.—The term ‘‘Memorial 

2 Center’’ means the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor 

3 Center located south of the Lakeshore boundary on 

4 Indiana Route 49. 

5 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of the Interior. 

7 SEC. 103. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter into a 

9 memorandum of understanding with the Commission to 

10 establish a joint partnership with respect to the manage11 ment of the Memorial Center. 

12 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The memorandum of under13 standing shall— 

14 (1) identify the overall goals and purposes of 

15 the Memorial Center; 

16 (2) describe the allocation of management and 

17 operational duties between the Secretary and the 

18 Commission with respect to the Memorial Center; 

19 (3) identify how activities of the Memorial Cen20 ter will be funded; 

21 (4) identify the parties responsible for providing 

22 amenities at the Memorial Center; 

23 (5) establish procedures for changing or dis24 solving the joint partnership; and 


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1 (6) address any other issues determined to be 

2 appropriate by the Secretary or the Commission. 

3 SEC. 104. LEASE AGREEMENT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—After entering into a memo5 randum of understanding under section 103(a), the Sec6 retary may enter into an agreement with the Commission 

7 to lease space in the Memorial Center for use as a visitor 

8 center for the Lakeshore. 

9 (b) STAFF.—The Secretary may use employees of the 

10 Lakeshore to provide visitor information and education at 

11 the Lakeshore Center. 

12 SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec14 retary such sums as are necessary to carry out this title. 

15 TITLE II—PUBLIC LAND 

16 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 

17 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public Land Technical 

19 Amendments Act of 2006’’. 

20 SEC. 202. GAYLORD NELSON WILDERNESS. 

21 (a) REDESIGNATION.—Section 140 of division E of 

22 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (16 U.S.C. 

23 1132 note; Public Law 108–447), is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Gaylord A. 

25 Nelson’’ and inserting ‘‘Gaylord Nelson’’; and 


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1 (2) in subsection (c)(4), by striking ‘‘Gaylord A. 

2 Nelson Wilderness’’ and inserting ‘‘Gaylord Nelson 

3 Wilderness’’. 

4 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg5 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

6 States to the ‘‘Gaylord A. Nelson Wilderness’’ shall be 

7 deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Gaylord Nelson Wilder8 ness’’. 

9 SEC. 203. ARLINGTON HOUSE LAND TRANSFER. 

10 Section 2863(h)(1) of Public Law 107–107 (115 

11 Stat. 1333) is amended by striking ‘‘the George Wash12 ington Memorial Parkway’’ and inserting ‘‘Arlington 

13 House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial,’’. 

14 SEC. 204. CUMBERLAND ISLAND WILDERNESS. 

15 Section 2(a)(1) of Public Law 97–250 (16 U.S.C. 

16 1132 note; 96 Stat. 709) is amended by striking ‘‘num17 bered 640/20,038I, and dated September 2004’’ and in18 serting ‘‘numbered 640/20,038K, and dated September 

19 2005’’. 

20 SEC. 205. PETRIFIED FOREST BOUNDARY. 

21 Section 2(1) of the Petrified Forest National Park 

22 Expansion Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 119 note) is amended 

23 by striking ‘‘numbered 110/80,044, and dated July 2004’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘numbered 110/80,045, and dated January 

25 2005’’. 


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1 SEC. 206. COMMEMORATIVE WORKS. 

2 Section 8908(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code, 

3 is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘House Ad4 ministration’’ and inserting ‘‘Resources’’. 

Passed the Senate September 29, 2006. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary. 


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