US Congress Senate Bill 1181 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 18 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-04-11 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 373.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act

Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]

Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-11	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 373.
2018-04-11	Senate	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.
2018-03-08	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2017-05-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB3668 (Related) 2017-09-18 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224.
SB1460 (Related) 2017-09-19 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1181/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1181/BILLS-115s1181is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1181/BILLS-115s1181rs.pdf