Indiana Dunes National Park Act

Bill: 116-hr-684
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-17
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes

Indiana

Lakes and rivers

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Seashores and lakeshores
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Indiana Dunes National Park Act</b></p> <p>This bill renames the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore as the Indiana Dunes National Park. </p> <p>The bill redesignates the 1.6-mile Miller-Woods Trail within the park as the Paul H. Douglas Trail. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 684 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 17, 2019 Mr. Visclosky (for himself, Mrs. Walorski , Mr. Banks , Mr. Baird , Mrs. Brooks of Indiana , Mr. Pence , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Bucshon , and Mr. Hollingsworth ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To retitle Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore as Indiana Dunes National Park, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Indiana Dunes National Park Act . 2. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore retitled as Indiana Dunes National Park (a) In general Public Law 89–761 ( 16 U.S.C. 460u et seq.) is amended— (1) by striking National Lakeshore and national lakeshore each place it appears and inserting National Park ; and (2) by striking lakeshore each place it appears and inserting Park . (b) Nonapplication The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to the title of the map referred to in the first section of Public Law 89–761 ( 16 U.S.C. 460u ), or to the title of the maps referred to in section 4 of Public Law 89–761 ( 16 U.S.C. 460u–3 ). 3. Paul H. Douglas Trail The 1.6 mile trail within the Indiana Dunes National Park designated the Miller-Woods Trail is hereby redesignated as the Paul H. Douglas Trail .