,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #ac1       
#bjae,mr4 ,heller 7for himself and ,mr4 
,warner7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,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 missions1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,good          
,samaritan ,search and ,recovery ,act4  
#b4 ,expedited access to certain        
,federal land  7a7 ,definitions ,in this
 section3 7#a7 ,eligible ,the term      
eligible1 with respect to an            
organization or individual1 means that  
the organization or individual1         
respectively1 is-- 7,a7 acting in a     
not-for-profit capacity2 and  7,b7      

certificated in training that meets or  
exceeds standards established by the    
,american ,society for ,testing and     
,materials4  7#b7 ,good ,samaritan      
search-and-recovery mission ,the term   
good ,samaritan search-and-recovery     
mission means a search for #a or more   
missing individuals believed to be      
deceased at the time that the search is 
initiated4  7#c7 ,secretary ,the term   
,secretary means the ,secretary of the  
,interior or the ,secretary of          
,agriculture1 as applicable4  7b7       
,process  7#a7 ,in general ,each        
,secretary shall develop and implement a
 process to expedite access to ,federal 
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 missions4  7#b7     
,inclusions ,the process developed and  
implemented under this subsection shall 
include provisions to clarify that--    

7,a7 an eligible organization or        
individual granted access under this    
section-- 7i7 shall be acting for       
private purposes2 and  7ii7 shall not be
 considered to be a ,federal volunteer2 
7,b7 an eligible organization or        
individual conducting a good ,samaritan 
search-and-recovery mission under this  
section shall not be considered to be a 
volunteer under section #ajbcja7;c7 of  
title #ed1 ,united ,states ,code2  7,c7 
chapter #aga of title #bh1 ,united      
,states ,code 7commonly known as the    
,federal ,tort ,claims ,act71 shall not 
apply to an eligible organization or    
individual carrying out a privately     
requested good ,samaritan               
search-and-recovery mission under this  
section2 and  7,d7 chapter #ha of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code 7commonly     
known as the ,federal ,employees        
,compensation ,act71 shall not apply to 
an eligible organization or individual  
conducting a good ,samaritan            
search-and-recovery mission under this  

section1 and the conduct of the good    
,samaritan search-and-recovery mission  
shall not constitute civilian           
employment4  7c7 ,release of ,federal   
,government from liability ,the         
,secretary shall not require an eligible
 organization or individual to have     
liability insurance as a condition of   
accessing ,federal land under this      
section1 if the eligible organization or
 individual-- 7#a7 acknowledges and     
consents1 in writing1 to the provisions 
described in subparagraphs 7,a7 through 
7,d7 of subsection 7b77#b72 and  7#b7   
signs a waiver releasing the ,federal   
,government from all liability relating 
to the access granted under this        
section4  7d7 ,approval and denial of   
requests  7#a7 ,in general ,the         
,secretary shall notify an eligible     
organization or individual of the       
approval or denial of a request by the  
eligible organization or individual to  
carry out a good ,samaritan             
search-and-recovery mission under this  

section by not later than #dh hours     
after the request is made4  7#b7        
,denials ,if the ,secretary denies a    
request from an eligible organization or
 individual to carry out a good         
,samaritan search-and-recovery mission  
under this section1 the ,secretary shall
 notify the eligible organization or    
individual of-- 7,a7 the reason for the 
denial of the request2 and  7,b7 any    
actions that the eligible organization  
or individual can take to meet the      
requirements for the request to be      
approved4  7e7 ,partnerships ,each      
,secretary shall develop                
search-and-recovery-focused partnerships
 with search-and-recovery               
organizations-- 7#a7 to coordinate good 
,samaritan search-and-recovery missions 
on ,federal land under the              
administrative jurisdiction of the      
,secretary2 and  7#b7 to expedite and   
accelerate good ,samaritan              
search-and-recovery mission efforts for 
missing individuals on ,federal land    

under the administrative jurisdiction of
 the ,secretary4  7f7 ,report ,not later
 than #ahj days after the date of       
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretaries
 shall submit to ,congress a joint      
report describing-- 7#a7 plans to       
develop partnerships described in       
subsection 7e77#a72 and  7#b7 efforts   
carried out to expedite and accelerate  
good ,samaritan search-and-recovery     
mission efforts for missing individuals 
on ,federal land under the              
administrative jurisdiction of each     
,secretary pursuant to subsection       
7e77#b74