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S. 160: Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act

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S. 160: Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-13 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-380.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-380. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act

Plain summary

Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act 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. 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. Requires Interior and USDA to 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.

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Official text

Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · 1 cosponsors

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Mark R. Warner (D-VA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-s160 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114