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§460u–24 Little Calumet River and Burns/Portage Waterway

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXXIX— - INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK › § 460u–24

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can make an agreement to work with the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission, the State of Indiana, or local governments to plan, manage, and explain recreational sites on a particular tract inside Indiana Dunes National Park or on state lands along the Little Calumet River and Burns Waterway. That agreement can include plans for public boating, canoeing, fishing, hiking, bicycling, and similar activities. Any park land projects under the agreement must fit the park’s purposes set by law. The Secretary must study ways to link parts of the park that are split by the Little Calumet River and the Burns/Portage Waterway so the park can be managed and used together. The Secretary must send the study to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources within two years after October 29, 1986. Money to do the study was authorized beginning October 1, 1986.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460u–24

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(a)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 Park identified as tract numbered 09–177 11 So in original. Probably should be “09–117”. 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)The Secretary shall conduct a study regarding the options available for linking the portions of the Park which are divided by the Little Calumet River and Burns/Portage Waterway so as to coordinate the management and recreational use of the Park. 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.

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Amendments

2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–6, § 115(a)(1)(A), substituted “National Park” for “National Lakeshore”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–6, § 115(a)(1)(B), substituted “Park” for “lakeshore” in two places.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460u–24

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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