[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1994 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1994

To amend the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment of 
   the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes'' to 
ensure an opportunity for persons who convey property for inclusion in 
 that national lakeshore to retain a right of use and occupancy for a 
                  fixed term, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment of 
   the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes'' to 
ensure an opportunity for persons who convey property for inclusion in 
 that national lakeshore to retain a right of use and occupancy for a 
                  fixed term, 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. OPPORTUNITY FOR RETENTION OF RIGHT OF USE.

    Section 5(a)(3) of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other 
purposes'', approved November 5, 1996 (16 U.S.C. 460u-5(a)(3)), is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by--
                    (A) striking ``as of that date''; and
                    (B) inserting ``, subject to subparagraph (B),'' 
                after ``term ending''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``Subparagraph (A)'' 
        and inserting ``Subparagraph (A)(ii)''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF CONTIGUOUS LANDS.

    Section 19 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 460u-19) is amended by 
designating the existing text of the section as subsection (a), and by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) For purposes of subsection (a), lands may be considered 
contiguous to other lands if the lands touch the other lands, or are 
separated from the other lands by only a public or private right-of-
way, such as a road, railroad, or utility corridor.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LANDS BY PAYMENT OF DELINQUENT TAXES.

    Section 2(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 460u-1(a)) is amended in the 
first sentence by inserting before the period the following: ``, 
including acquisition from units of State or local government by 
satisfaction of delinquent State or local taxes''.
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