[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1913 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1913
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AN ACT
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. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Section 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.
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''.
Passed the Senate September 29, 2006.
Attest:
Secretary.
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1913
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
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.