[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1666 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1666

 To amend the Act of October 21, 1970, establishing the Sleeping Bear 
 Dunes National Lakeshore to permit certain persons to continue to use 
 and occupy certain areas within the lakeshore, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 1995

  Mr. Stupak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Act of October 21, 1970, establishing the Sleeping Bear 
 Dunes National Lakeshore to permit certain persons to continue to use 
 and occupy certain areas within the lakeshore, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF ACT ESTABLISHING SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL 
              LAKESHORE.

    (a) Extensions.--Section 10 of the Act of October 21, 1970, 
establishing the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (84 Stat. 1079; 
16 U.S.C. 460x-9) is amended by adding the following new subsection at 
the end thereof:
    ``(e) Extensions of Use and Occupancy.--
            ``(1) Notice.--The Secretary shall notify all owners of 
        improved property referred to in subsection (b)(1) who have 
        retained a right of use and occupancy pursuant to subsection 
        (b) of their right to extend such right pursuant to this 
        subsection.
            ``(2) Election.--Any owner notified under paragraph (1) may 
        elect, within 180 days of receiving notice pursuant to 
        paragraph (1), to extend his or her right of use and occupancy 
        beyond the otherwise applicable termination date. Such 
        extension shall terminate on the date 99 years after the date 
        of enactment of this Act.
            ``(3) Conditions.--Any extension under this subsection 
        shall be subject to subsections (c) and (d) in the same manner 
        and to the same extent as is a retained right under subsection 
        (b), except that termination of the extension by the Secretary 
        shall take effect only after 180 days after the Secretary has 
        notified the person holding the extension of the Secretary's 
        intention to terminate the extension. Any extension under this 
        subsection shall be conditioned upon the annual payment by 
        person to whom such extension is issued of an amount determined 
        in accordance with paragraph (4). Any such extension shall also 
        be conditioned upon the following:
                    ``(A) An agreement by the person to whom such 
                extension is issued to assume all responsibilities for 
                maintenance, repair, and replacement of all 
                improvements located on the property concerned and to 
                indemnify and hold harmless the United States for any 
                liability which may arise in connection with such 
                property.
                    ``(B) An agreement by the person to whom such 
                extension is issued to make pro rata payments to local 
                governments providing services to persons residing 
                within the boundaries of the lakeshore in such 
                reasonable amounts and at such times as may be 
                determined by such local governments in order to 
                reimburse such local governments for the costs of 
                providing such services.
            ``(4) Amount.--The amount of each payment to be made by a 
        person under paragraph (3) shall be such person's annual pro 
        rata share of an amount determined according to a formula where 
        the numerator is the value of the property used or occupied by 
        such person at the time of its acquisition by the United States 
        and the denominator is the number of years for which the 
        extension is issued. Notwithstanding sections 1341 and 3302 of 
        title 31 of the United States Code, such annual payments shall 
        be retained by the Secretary and shall be available for use by 
        the Secretary without further appropriation for purposes of 
        maintenance and administration of the national lakeshore.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 10(c) of such Act 
is amended by striking ``many'' and inserting ``may''. Section 11(a)(2) 
of such Act is amended by striking ``section 10(b) or (d)'' and 
inserting ``section 10''.
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