[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1913 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1913

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of the 
 Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a visitor center for 
     the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 25, 2005

   Mr. Lugar 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 authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of the 
 Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a visitor center for 
     the Indiana Dunes National 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. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Porter 
        County Convention, Recreation and Visitor Commission.
            (2) Lakeshore.--The term ``Lakeshore'' means the Indiana 
        Dunes National Lakeshore.
            (3) Lakeshore center.--The term ``Lakeshore Center'' means 
        the visitor center for the Lakeshore authorized under section 
        4(a).
            (4) Memorial center.--The term ``Memorial Center'' means 
        the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center located south of the 
        Lakeshore boundary on Indiana Route 49.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of 
understanding with the Commission to establish a joint partnership with 
respect to the management of the Memorial Center.
    (b) Requirements.--The memorandum of understanding shall--
            (1) identify the overall goals and purposes of the Memorial 
        Center;
            (2) describe the allocation of management and operational 
        duties between the Secretary and the Commission with respect to 
        the Memorial Center;
            (3) identify how activities of the Memorial Center will be 
        funded;
            (4) identify the parties responsible for providing 
        amenities at the Memorial Center;
            (5) establish procedures for changing or dissolving the 
        joint partnership; and
            (6) address any other issues determined to be appropriate 
        by the Secretary or the Commission.

SEC. 4. LEASE AGREEMENT.

    (a) In General.--After entering into a memorandum of understanding 
under section 3(a), the Secretary may enter into an agreement with the 
Commission to lease space in the Memorial Center for use as a visitor 
center for the Lakeshore.
    (b) Staff.--The Secretary may use employees of the Lakeshore to 
provide visitor information and education at the Lakeshore Center.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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