S 1038 119th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Criminal justice information and records Government information and archives Missing persons

TRACE Act

Introduced: July 28, 2025 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

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Became law

Sep 4, 2025

Held at the desk.

Sep 4, 2025

Received in the House.

Sep 4, 2025

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Sep 2, 2025

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Sep 2, 2025

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5987; text: CR S5987)

Jul 28, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.

Jul 28, 2025

Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

Jul 24, 2025

Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Mar 13, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Mar 13, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Votes taken on this bill 2

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
May 24, 2011	Senate · vote #76	On the Motion to Table S. 1038	Agreed To	74–13	See who voted →
May 23, 2011	Senate · vote #75	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 1038	Agreed To	74–8	See who voted →

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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 or in the territorial waters of the United States.

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

What's happening now September 4, 2025

Held at the desk.

Hearings & markups 2