H.R. 573House110th Congress (2007-2009)In Committee

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Corrections Act

To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore," to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of lands that are contiguous to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes.

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January 18, 2007

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January 18, 2007

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February 7, 2007

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June 5, 2008

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Rep. John Conyers, Jr.D-MI-14 · Oct 29, 2007

Madam Speaker, I took a leave of absence on October 29, 2007; unfortunately my airline flight was delayed. The following list describes how I would have voted had I been in attendance today. ``Yea''…

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Introduced in HouseIssued January 18, 2007

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 573

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 18, 2007

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

A BILL

To amend the Act entitled An Act to provide for the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of lands that are contiguous to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Corrections Act.

Clarification of contiguous lands

Section 19 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 460u–19) is amended by designating the existing text of the section as subsection (a), and by adding at the end the following:

(b)

For purposes of subsection (a), lands may be considered contiguous to other lands if the lands touch the other lands, or are separated from the other lands by only a public or private right-of-way, such as a road, railroad, or utility corridor.

Authority to acquire lands by payment of delinquent taxes

Section 2(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 460u–1(a)) is amended in the first sentence by inserting before the period the following: , including acquisition from units of State or local government by satisfaction of delinquent State or local taxes.