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TRACE Act

Introduced: June 22, 2023 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

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Sep 16, 2024

Held at the desk.

Sep 16, 2024

Received in the House.

Sep 12, 2024

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Sep 12, 2024

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Sep 12, 2024

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6036; text: CR S6036)

Sep 12, 2024

Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Jun 22, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jun 22, 2023

Introduced in Senate

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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 in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) an additional data field for information about whether the last known location of a missing person was on federal land.

NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for cases involving missing persons and unidentified or unclaimed remains.

What's happening now September 16, 2024

Held at the desk.

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