(a) Cooperative agreementThe 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) StudyThe 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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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