S. 1038 · 119th Congress
TRACE Act
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TillisSponsor5 cosponsors · 4 D, 1 R
4 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
- Senate Introduced Mar 13, 2025
- Senate Passed Sep 2, 2025
Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act or the TRACE Act
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate · Sep 2, 2025
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: TRACE Act
Also known as: Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act
Latest action (Sep 4, 2025): Held at the desk.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 13, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Mar 13, 2025
- Senate Passed Sep 2, 2025
No recorded floor vote found.