S 1038
119th Congress
Senate
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Missing persons
TRACE Act
Introduced: March 13, 2025
Introduced by:
Tillis, Thomas
Republican
· North Carolina
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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 Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5987; text: CR S5987)
Sep 2, 2025
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
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