[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 125 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S10535]
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            DOROTHY BUELL MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER LEASE ACT

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (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, which had been 
reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with an 
amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

     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''.

  The amendment (No. 5110) was agreed to, as follows:

   (Purpose: To strike the section relating to the Ojito Wilderness)

       Strike the item in the table of contents relating to 
     section 207.
       Strike section 207.

  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, 
was agreed to.
  The bill S. 1913 was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was 
read the third time, and passed.

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