S 1038 · 119th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

TRACE Act

Introduced 2025-03-13· Sponsored by Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
Senate Vote
4
House
5
Enacted
Latest: Held at the desk.(2025-09-04)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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S. 1038, TRACE Act

Sep 24, 2025

As passed by the Senate on September 2, 2025

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Cosponsors (5)

4 Democrats1 Republican