Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Access and Enhancement Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit to specified congressional committees a report identifying road rights-of-way in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore that are proposed to be relinquished, as well as any actions to date to effectuate such relinquishment and a summary of any impediments to each relinquishment.
Requires the Secretary to complete a protection plan that includes provisions for public access for fishing, canoeing, hiking and other public activities consistent with continued wetland and resource protection for the Little Calumet River Corridor and the Salt Creek Corridor. Requires studies of the Deep River Corridor, Beverly Shores wetlands, and Union Station to be submitted to specified congressional committees.
Allows individual property owners within Lakeshore boundaries to retain use and occupancy rights on improved property for noncommercial residential purposes.
Authorizes appropriations for the development of the Lakeshore.
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with Gary, Indiana, for technical assistance for programs and development in the city's Marquette Park and Lake Street Beach.
Directs the Secretary to consult with the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation to determine what lands and interests the State requires for improvements to certain roads.
Changes from mandatory to discretionary the Secretary's authority to acquire an area in the Lakeshore known as Crescent Dunes. (Currently, the Secretary must acquire such area within two years of a specified date.)
Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with Northern Indiana Public Service Company which shall provide certain access, preservation, and resource management of the Greenbelt area in the Lakeshore.
Designates the National Park Service visitor center at the Lakeshore the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center.
Authorizes appropriations.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and Office of Management and Budget.
Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-1182.
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk:. House disagrees to Senate amendment.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 101-539.
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 101-539.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1000.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mr. Vento asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment.
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk:. House disagrees to Senate amendment.