Calumet Ecological Park Act of 1996

Calumet Ecological Park Act of 1996 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of establishing the Calumet Ecological Park in the Lake Calumet area situated between the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3412 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3412

  To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the 
feasibility of establishing Calumet Ecological Park in the vicinity of 
                           Chicago, Illinois.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 1996

  Mr. Weller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the 
feasibility of establishing Calumet Ecological Park in the vicinity of 
                           Chicago, Illinois.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Calumet Ecological Park Act of 
1996''.

SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a 
study of the feasibility of establishing an urban ecological park to be 
known as ``Calumet Ecological Park'', in the Lake Calumet area situated 
between the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor and 
the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
    (b) Particulars of Study.--The study under subsection (a) shall 
include consideration of the following:
            (1) The suitability of establishing a park in the Lake 
        Calumet area that--
                    (A) conserves and protects the wealth of natural 
                resources threatened by development and pollution in 
                the Lake Calumet area; and
                    (B) consists of a number of nonadjacent sites 
                forming green corridors between the Illinois and 
                Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor and the 
                Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, that are based on the 
                lakes and waterways in the area.
            (2) The long term future use of the Lake Calumet area.
            (3) Ways in which a Calumet Ecological Park would--
                    (A) benefit and enhance the cultural, historical, 
                and natural resources of the Lake Calumet area; and
                    (B) preserve natural lands and habitats in the Lake 
                Calumet area and northwest Indiana.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report 
containing findings and recommendations of a study under this section.
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