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TRACE Act

Introduced: June 22, 2023 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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 Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6036; text: CR S6036)
Sep 12, 2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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
 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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