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Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act

Introduced: May 18, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Apr 11, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 373.
Apr 11, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-225.
Mar 8, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 18, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 18, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a process to provide eligible organizations and individuals expedited access to federal land to conduct good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, which are searches for one or more missing individuals believed to be deceased at the time that the search is initiated.

The bill sets forth procedures for the approval or denial of requests made by eligible organizations or individuals to carry out a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission.

Interior and USDA shall develop search-and-recovery focused partnerships with search-and-recovery organizations to coordinate good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, and expedite and accelerate mission efforts for missing individuals.

What's happening now April 11, 2018

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 373.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3668 Related bill SHARE Act
  • S 1460 Related bill Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · May 18, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1181: Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1181/
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"S. 1181: Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1181/.
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S. 1181, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1181/.
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