3.0.0 1747 2023-01-13T04:50:00Z 2023-01-13T04:50:00Z Senate S S 2005-09-21 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-09-21T22:23:08Z FEMA Act 109 5759 HR 2006-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . Related bill CRS 2005-09-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2005-09-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10301-10302) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2005-09-21 True H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2005-09-21 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2005-09-21 True L000447 Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] CHESTER LOTT R MS TRENT 2005-09-21 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2005-09-21 True B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2005-09-21 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-09-21 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-09-22 False A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2005-09-22 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-09-22 False Law Aviation safety Charitable contributions Civil actions and liability Damages Disaster relief Emergency Management Employers' liability Equipment and supplies Evidence (Law) Federal preemption Good samaritan laws Government Operations and Politics Government liability Hurricane aftermath legislation Judicial review Labor and Employment Liability (Law) Nonprofit organizations Punitive damages Social Welfare State courts State laws Traffic accidents and safety Transportation and Public Works Volunteer workers Law 00 2005-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-10T22:21:23Z Good Samaritan Liability Improvement and Volunteer Encouragement Act of 2005 (GIVE Act of 2005) - Exempts from liability for acts or omissions: (1) disaster relief volunteers; (2) employers or business partners of disaster relief volunteers; (3) hosts or enabling persons, entities, or organizations; and (4) governmental and intergovernmental entities for donations of disaster relief goods.

Specifies limits to punitive and non-economic damages for willful, knowing, or reckless misconduct based on the actions of disaster relief volunteers and governmental or intergovernmental donors.

Provides for: (1) judicial review of allegations; (2) supplemental disaster declarations by the President, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary of Homeland Security; and (3) state election for nonapplicability of a provision of this Act to certain civil actions in state court.

Amends the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 with respect to liability protection for actions of volunteers generally.

Exempts persons from civil liability relating to any injury or death involving: (1) donations of equipment to nonprofit organizations; or (2) use of facilities, a motor vehicle or aircraft provided to nonprofit organizations.

Provides for judicial review of allegations

]]> Good Samaritan Liability Improvement and Volunteer Encouragement Act of 2005 Display Title Good Samaritan Liability Improvement and Volunteer Encouragement Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to limit liability for volunteers and those providing goods and services for disaster relief, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Good Samaritan Liability Improvement and Volunteer Encouragement Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced GIVE Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1747is/xml/BILLS-109s1747is.xml 2005-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.