---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460u–20"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460u–20"
heading: "Paul H. Douglas Ecological and Recreational Unit and Center for Environmental Education"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460u-20"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXIX — Indiana Dunes National Park"
---

# §460u–20. Paul H. Douglas Ecological and Recreational Unit and Center for Environmental Education

- (a) **Dedication of Park—** The Indiana Dunes National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) is hereby dedicated to the memory of Paul H. Douglas in grateful recognition of his leadership in the effort to protect, [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2), and enhance the natural, scientific, historic, and recreational value of the [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) for the use, enjoyment, and edification of present and future generations.
- (b) **Establishment—** To further accomplish the purposes of [subsection (a)](#a) of this section, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior shall designate the west [unit](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of the [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) as the “Paul H. Douglas Ecological and Recreational [Unit](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4)” and shall, subject to appropriations being granted, design and construct a suitable structure or designate an existing structure within the [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) to be known as the “Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education” which shall provide facilities designed primarily to familiarize students and other visitors with, among other things: (1) the natural history of the [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) and its association with the natural history of the Great Lakes region; (2) the evolution of human activities in the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A); and (3) the historical features which led to the establishment of the [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) by the Congress of the United States.
- (c) **Preparation of informative materials—** To inform the public of the contributions of Paul H. Douglas to the creation of the [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior shall provide such signs, markers, [maps](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1), interpretive materials, literature, and programs as he deems appropriate.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–761, § 20, as added Pub. L. 96–612, § 1(1), Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3575; amended Pub. L. 116–6, div. E, title I, § 115(a)(1), Feb. 15, 2019, 133 Stat. 232.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–6 substituted “National Park” for “National Lakeshore” and “Park” for “lakeshore”.

Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 116–6, § 115(a)(1)(B), substituted “Park” for “lakeshore” wherever appearing.