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Union Calendar No. 54 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 373 
[Report No. 114–75, Part I] 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to 
expedite access to certain Federal land under the administrative jurisdic-
tion of each Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2015 
Mr. HECK of Nevada (for himself, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. ZINKE, 
Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. VALADAO, and Mr. 
HARDY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
APRIL 15, 2015 
Additional sponsor: Mr. WESTERMAN 
APRIL 15, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
APRIL 15, 2015 
The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of 
Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal land 
under the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary 
for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Good Samaritan 
Search and Recovery Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED ACCESS TO CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE.—The term ‘‘eligible’’, with re-
spect to an organization or individual, means that 
the organization or individual, respectively, is— 
(A) acting in a not-for-profit capacity; and 
(B) certificated in training that meets or 
exceeds standards established by the American 
Society for Testing and Materials. 
(2) GOOD SAMARITAN SEARCH-AND-RECOVERY 
MISSION.—The term ‘‘good Samaritan search-and- 
recovery mission’’ means a search for 1 or more 
missing individuals believed to be deceased at the 
time that the search is initiated. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, as applicable. 
(b) PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary shall develop 
and implement a process to expedite access to Fed-
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eral land under the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Secretary for eligible organizations and individuals 
to request access to Federal land to conduct good 
Samaritan search-and-recovery missions. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The process developed and 
implemented under this subsection shall include pro-
visions to clarify that— 
(A) an eligible organization or individual 
granted access under this section— 
(i) shall be acting for private pur-
poses; and 
(ii) shall not be considered to be a 
Federal volunteer; 
(B) an eligible organization or individual 
conducting a good Samaritan search-and-recov-
ery mission under this section shall not be con-
sidered to be a volunteer under section 
102301(c) of title 54, United States Code; 
(C) chapter 171 of title 28, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Tort 
Claims Act’’), shall not apply to an eligible or-
ganization or individual carrying out a privately 
requested good Samaritan search-and-recovery 
mission under this section; and 
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