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HR 8860 117th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement

TRACE Act

Introduced: September 15, 2022 Introduced by: Neguse, Joe Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Oct 4, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Sep 16, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Sep 15, 2022
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 15, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act or the TRACE Act

This bill requires the National Institute of Justice to include additional data categories in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), including information about persons who go missing on federal land. It also requires the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, and Defense to report existing missing persons cases on their federal land to NamUs.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8860: TRACE Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8860/
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"H.R. 8860: TRACE Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8860/.
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H.R. 8860, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8860/.
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[H.R. 8860: TRACE Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8860/)
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