[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 808 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 808

  To provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2003

Mr. Levin (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE.

    (a) In General.--When title to the land described in subsection (b) 
has vested in the United States in fee simple, the boundary of Sleeping 
Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is revised to include such land in that 
park.
    (b) Land Described.--The land referred to in subsection (a) 
consists of approximately 104.45 of unimproved lands generally depicted 
on National Park Service map number 634/80078, entitled ``Bayberry 
Mills, Inc. Crystal River, MI Proposed Expansion Unit to Sleeping Bear 
Dunes National Lakeshore''. The Secretary of the Interior shall keep 
such map on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the National Park Service.
    (c) Purchase of Lands Authorized.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior may acquire 
        the land described in subsection (b), only by purchase from a 
        willing seller.
            (2) Budget request.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        include in the National Park Service budget submitted for 
        fiscal year 2004 a request for funds necessary for the 
        acquisition authorized by this subsection.
    (d) Limitation on Acquisition by Exchange or Conveyance.--The 
Secretary of the Interior may not acquire any of the land described in 
subsection (b) through any exchange or conveyance of lands that are 
within the boundary of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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