[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4068 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4068

  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of a 
 visitor center to be constructed outside the boundary of the Indiana 
   Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter County, Indiana, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of a 
 visitor center to be constructed outside the boundary of the Indiana 
   Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter County, Indiana, 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. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor 
Center Lease Act''.

SEC. 2. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

     The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of understanding to 
establish a joint partnership with the Porter County Convention, 
Recreation and Visitor Commission. The memorandum of understanding 
shall--
            (1) identify the overall goals and purpose of the Dorothy 
        Buell Memorial Visitor Center;
            (2) establish how management and operational duties will be 
        shared;
            (3) determine how exhibits, signs, and other information 
        are developed;
            (4) indicate how various activities will be funded;
            (5) identify who is responsible for providing site 
        amenities;
            (6) establish procedures for changing or dissolving the 
        joint partnership; and
            (7) address any other issues deemed necessary by the 
        Secretary or the Porter County Convention, Recreation and 
        Visitor Commission.

SEC. 3. LEASE AGREEMENT.

    (a) Authorization.--After entering into a memorandum of 
understanding in accordance with section 2, the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized to enter into an agreement with Porter County 
Convention, Recreation and Visitor Commission to lease space in the 
Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center, located on a site south of the 
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore boundary on IN 49, the principal 
north/south artery into the national lakeshore, for use as a visitor 
center for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
    (b) Development of Exhibits.--The Secretary may plan, design, 
construct, and install exhibits in the leased space related to the use 
and management of the resources at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, at 
a cost not to exceed $1,200,000.
    (c) National Lakeshore Presence.--The Secretary may utilize park 
staff from Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in the leased space to 
provide visitor information and education.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

     There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums 
as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act.
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