A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by exchange certain lands within the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Indiana.
PL 97-356 (H.R.6029), enacted 10/19/1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-356—OCT. 19, 1982 
96 STAT. 1703 
Public Law 97-
97th Congress 
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An Act 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by exchange certain lands 
within the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Indiana. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) notwith-
standing the fourth sentence of section 2(a) of the Act entitled "An 
Act to provide for the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National 
Lakeshore, and for other purposes", approved November 5, 1966 (16 
U.S.C. 460u-l(a)), or any other provision of law, the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized— 
(1) to accept from the State of Indiana the conveyance of 69.17 
acres of land located within area IV-A, as designated on the 
map referred to in the first section of such Act (16 U.S.C. 460u), 
commonly known as "Blue Heron Rookery", and 
(2) in exchange for such conveyance, to convey to the State of 
Indiana 31.26 acres of land located within area IV, as designated 
on such map, commonly known as "Hoosier Prairie". 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior may not carry out the conveyance 
specified in subsection (a)(2) unless, simultaneously with such con-
veyance and in consideration of such conveyance, the State of 
Indiana— 
(1) transfers to the Secretary all right, title, and interest in 
the land described in subsection (a)(1); 
(2) enters into a recordable agreement satisfactory to the 
Secretary providing that— 
(A) the State will not use, or permit the use, of the land 
described in subsection (a)(2) for any purpose other than the 
interpretation and public appreciation and use of the Hoo-
sier Prairie Unit of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; 
(B) the State will not transfer any right, title, or interest 
in, or control over, any land described in subsection (a)(2) to 
any person other than the Secretary; 
(C) the State will permit access by the Secretary at 
reasonable times to the land described in subsection (a)(2); 
and 
(D) upon a final determination by the Secretary that— 
(i) the State has failed to comply with the require-
ments of subparagraph (A) or (B), and 
(ii) after receipt of notice from the Secretary respect-
ing such failure, the State has failed or refused to 
comply with such requirements, 
all right, title, and interest in such land shall revert to the 
United States for administration by the Secretary as part of 
the lakeshore. 
The Secretary may make a determination under subparagraph (D) 
only after notice and opportunity for hearing on the record. The 
reversion under subparagraph (D) shall take effect upon publication 
of such determination by the Secretary in the Federal Register 
Oct. 19, 1982 
[H.R. 6029] 
Indiana Dunes 
National 
Lakeshore. 
Land 
conveyance. 
16 u s e 460U-1 
note. 
Notice and 
hearing. 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
96 STAT. 1704 
PUBLIC LAW 97-356—OCT. 19, 1982 
without further notice or requirement for physical entry by the 
Secretary unless an action for judicial review is brought in the 
United States court of appeals for tiie appropriate circuit within 
ninety days following such publication. In any such action the court 
may issue such orders as appropriate to carry out the requirements 
of 
this subsection. 
Approved October 19, 1982. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6029: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 97-710 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 97-561 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): 
Aug. 16, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate.