I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1423 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of a visitor 
center to be constructed outside the boundary of the Indiana Dunes 
National Lakeshore in Porter County, Indiana, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2007 
Mr. VISCLOSKY (for himself and Mr. DONNELLY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion 
of a visitor center to be constructed outside the boundary 
of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter 
County, Indiana, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dorothy Buell Memo-
rial Visitor Center Lease Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 
The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of un-
derstanding to establish a joint partnership with the Por-
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ter County Convention, Recreation and Visitor Commis-
sion. The memorandum of understanding shall— 
(1) identify the overall goals and purpose of the 
Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center; 
(2) establish how management and operational 
duties will be shared; 
(3) determine how exhibits, signs, and other in-
formation are developed; 
(4) indicate how various activities will be fund-
ed; 
(5) identify who is responsible for providing site 
amenities; 
(6) establish procedures for changing or dis-
solving the joint partnership; and 
(7) address any other issues deemed necessary 
by the Secretary or the Porter County Convention, 
Recreation and Visitor Commission. 
SEC. 3. LEASE AGREEMENT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—After entering into a memo-
randum of understanding in accordance with section 2, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into an 
agreement with Porter County Convention, Recreation 
and Visitor Commission to lease space in the Dorothy 
Buell Memorial Visitor Center, located on a site south of 
the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore boundary on IN 
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49, the principal north/south artery into the national lake-
shore, for use as a visitor center for Indiana Dunes Na-
tional Lakeshore. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT
OF EXHIBITS.—The Secretary 
may plan, design, construct, and install exhibits in the 
leased space related to the use and management of the 
resources at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, at a cost 
not to exceed $1,200,000. 
(c) NATIONAL LAKESHORE PRESENCE.—The Sec-
retary may utilize park staff from Indiana Dunes National 
Lakeshore in the leased space to provide visitor informa-
tion and education. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary such sums as may be necessary for the purposes 
of this Act. 
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