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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on April 28, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act
(Sec. 2) 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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 373 as reported to Senate without amendment on Dec 16, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Apr 28, 2015
Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
413 Yea 0 Nay 18 not voting
Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 373 and vote against it. 7 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 373 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
5 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.