[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 GOOD SAMARITAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY ACT

  (Mr. HECK of Nevada asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HECK of Nevada. Mr. Speaker, it has been nearly 3 years since Las 
Vegas taxi driver Keith Goldberg was abducted, killed, and his body 
dumped in the Lake Mead Recreation Area.
  When law enforcement searches for Keith's body were ended due to 
limited resources, the Goldberg family turned to Red Rock Search and 
Rescue, a nonprofit group of trained professionals, to continue the 
search.
  They immediately hit a Federal regulatory roadblock. The team from 
Red Rock was told they needed to obtain a $1 million insurance policy 
for a special use permit to gain access to Federal lands.
  It took 9 months for the group to raise the funds necessary to obtain 
the insurance. When they finally entered the park almost 1 year after 
Keith first went missing, it took the team all of 2 hours to locate 
Keith's remains.
  Mr. Speaker, last Congress, I introduced legislation to allow Good 
Samaritan search groups to waive Federal liability and access public 
lands to conduct missing persons searches. It passed this House by an 
overwhelming bipartisan vote of 394-0. Unfortunately, time expired on 
the session before the Senate could take action.
  I come to the floor today to announce that tomorrow I will, once 
again, introduce the Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act. I urge the 
House to take swift action on this legislation because unnecessary red 
tape must not continue to get in the way of providing closure for 
families like the Goldbergs.

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