§ 460u-24. — Little Calumet River and Burns/Portage Waterway.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460u-24]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXXIX--INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE
Sec. 460u-24. Little Calumet River and Burns/Portage Waterway
(a) Cooperative agreement
The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with the Little
Calumet River Basin Development Commission, the State of Indiana or any
political subdivision thereof for the planning, management, and
interpretation of recreational facilities on the tract within the
boundaries of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore identified as tract
numbered 09-177 or on lands under the jurisdiction of the State of
Indiana or political subdivision thereof along the Little Calumet River
and Burns Waterway. The cooperative agreement may include provision for
the planning of public facilities for boating, canoeing, fishing,
hiking, bicycling, and other compatible recreational activities. Any
recreational developments on lands under the jurisdiction of the
National Park Service planned pursuant to this cooperative agreement
shall be in a manner consistent with the purposes of this subchapter,
including section 460u-6(b) of this title.
(b) Study
The Secretary shall conduct a study regarding the options available
for linking the portions of the lakeshore which are divided by the
Little Calumet River and Burns/Portage Waterway so as to coordinate the
management and recreational use of the lakeshore. The Secretary shall
submit the results of the study to the Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate within two
years after October 29, 1986. Effective October 1, 1986, there is
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the
purposes of conducting the study.
(Pub. L. 89-761, Sec. 24, as added Pub. L. 99-583, Sec. 1(i), Oct. 29,
1986, 100 Stat. 3320.)
Change of Name
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of
Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House
of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One
Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
