Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act

In this section: The term “eligible”, with respect to an organization or individual, means that the organization or individual, respectively, is— The term “good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission” means a search conducted by an eligible organization or individual for 1 or more missing individuals believed to be deceased at the time that the search is initiated. The term “Secretary” means the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable. 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 missions. The process developed and implemented under this subsection shall include provisions to clarify that— an eligible organization or individual granted access under this section— The Secretary shall not require an eligible organization or individual to have liability insurance as a condition of accessing Federal land under this section, if the eligible organization or individual— 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 48 hours after the request is made. If the Secretary denies a request from an eligible organization or individual to carry out a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission under this section, the Secretary shall notify the eligible organization or individual of— Each Secretary shall develop search-and-recovery-focused partnerships with search-and-recovery organizations— Not later than 180 days after March 12, 2019, the Secretaries shall submit to Congress a joint report describing—