After notifying the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress, in writing, of his intentions to do so and of the reasons therefor, the Secretary may, if he finds that such lands would make a significant contribution to the purposes for which the Park was established, accept title to any lands, or interests in lands, located outside the present boundaries of the Park but contiguous thereto or to lands acquired under this section, such lands the State of Indiana or its political subdivisions may acquire and offer to donate to the United States or which any private person, organization, or public or private corporation may offer to donate to the United States and he shall administer such lands as a part of the Park after publishing notice to that effect in the Federal Register.
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CHAPTER 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXXIX— INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK
§ 460u. Establishment; description of area
§ 460u–1. Acquisition of property
§ 460u–5. Owner’s retention of right of use and occupancy for residential purposes
§ 460u–7. Indiana Dunes National Park Advisory Commission
§ 460u–13. Acquisition of area I–C; owner consent required
§ 460u–14. Plan, lands acquired, land acquisition program; submittal to Congressional committees
§ 460u–15. Rights-of-way; public access to Little Calumet River
§ 460u–17. Lands within area I–E used for solid waste disposal
§ 460u–18. Study of areas III–A, III–C, and II–A; report to Congressional committees
§ 460u–20. Paul H. Douglas Ecological and Recreational Unit and Center for Environmental Education
§ 460u–21. Public access study
§ 460u–22. Consideration of property owner’s hardship in property acquisition
§ 460u–23. Acquisition of interest in area VII–A
§ 460u–24. Little Calumet River and Burns/Portage Waterway