To provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

April 8, 2003

Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. STABENOW) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

To provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE.

(a) IN GENERAL- When title to the land described in subsection (b) has vested in the United States in fee simple, the boundary of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is revised to include such land in that park.

(b) LAND DESCRIBED- The land referred to in subsection (a) consists of approximately 104.45 of unimproved lands generally depicted on National Park Service map number 634/80078, entitled `Bayberry Mills, Inc. Crystal River, MI Proposed Expansion Unit to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore'. The Secretary of the Interior shall keep such map on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.

(c) PURCHASE OF LANDS AUTHORIZED-

(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of the Interior may acquire the land described in subsection (b), only by purchase from a willing seller.

(2) BUDGET REQUEST- The Secretary of the Interior shall include in the National Park Service budget submitted for fiscal year 2004 a request for funds necessary for the acquisition authorized by this subsection.

(d) LIMITATION ON ACQUISITION BY EXCHANGE OR CONVEYANCE- The Secretary of the Interior may not acquire any of the land described in subsection (b) through any exchange or conveyance of lands that are within the boundary of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

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