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                                                       Calendar No. 400
109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1913

                          [Report No. 109-238]

 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

                             April 20, 2006

 Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of April 7, 2006, 
                   by Mr. Domenici, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>SEC. 3. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>SEC. 4. LEASE AGREEMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Staff.--The Secretary may use employees of the 
Lakeshore to provide visitor information and education at the Lakeshore 
Center.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

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

SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Table of contents.

             TITLE I--DOROTHY BUELL MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Memorandum of understanding.
Sec. 104. Lease agreement.
Sec. 105. Authorization of appropriations.

               TITLE II--PUBLIC LAND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Gaylord Nelson Wilderness.
Sec. 203. Arlington House land transfer.
Sec. 204. Cumberland Island Wilderness.
Sec. 205. Petrified Forest boundary.
Sec. 206. Commemorative works.
Sec. 207. Ojito Wilderness.

             TITLE I--DOROTHY BUELL MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (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 
        104(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. 103. 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. 104. LEASE AGREEMENT.

    (a) In General.--After entering into a memorandum of understanding 
under section 103(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. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

               TITLE II--PUBLIC LAND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Public Land Technical Amendments 
Act of 2006''.

SEC. 202. GAYLORD NELSON WILDERNESS.

    (a) Redesignation.--Section 140 of division E of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 108-447), is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Gaylord A. Nelson'' 
        and inserting ``Gaylord Nelson''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(4), by striking ``Gaylord A. Nelson 
        Wilderness'' and inserting ``Gaylord Nelson Wilderness''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the ``Gaylord A. Nelson 
Wilderness'' shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Gaylord Nelson 
Wilderness''.

SEC. 203. ARLINGTON HOUSE LAND TRANSFER.

    Section 2863(h)(1) of Public Law 107-107 (115 Stat. 1333) is 
amended by striking ``the George Washington Memorial Parkway'' and 
inserting ``Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial,''.

SEC. 204. CUMBERLAND ISLAND WILDERNESS.

    Section 2(a)(1) of Public Law 97-250 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 96 Stat. 
709) is amended by striking ``numbered 640/20,038I, and dated September 
2004'' and inserting ``numbered 640/20,038K, and dated September 
2005''.

SEC. 205. PETRIFIED FOREST BOUNDARY.

    Section 2(1) of the Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act of 
2004 (16 U.S.C. 119 note) is amended by striking ``numbered 110/80,044, 
and dated July 2004'' and inserting ``numbered 110/80,045, and dated 
January 2005''.

SEC. 206. COMMEMORATIVE WORKS.

    Section 8908(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code, is amended in 
the second sentence by striking ``House Administration'' and inserting 
``Resources''.

SEC. 207. OJITO WILDERNESS.

    Section 2(1) of the Ojito Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
Public Law 109-94) is amended by striking ``October 1, 2004'' and 
inserting ``January 24, 2006''.
                                                       Calendar No. 400

109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1913

                          [Report No. 109-238]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 20, 2006

                       Reported with an amendment