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S. 1038Passed Senate
TRACE Act
Introduced: Mar 13, 2025
Latest action date: Sep 4, 2025
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- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Mar 13, 2025
- Recorded roll calls
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What this bill does
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.
Official summary from Congress.gov.
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Crime and Law Enforcement
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Computers and information technologyCongressional oversightCriminal justice information and recordsGovernment information and archivesMissing persons
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Held at the desk.
FloorHouse floor actionsReceived in the House.
FloorHouse floor actionsMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
FloorSenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5987; text: CR S5987)
FloorSenatePassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
FloorLibrary of CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.
CalendarsSenateCommittee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
CommitteeSenateCommittee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
CommitteeLibrary of CongressCommittee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
CommitteeSenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
IntroReferralSenateIntroduced in Senate
IntroReferralLibrary of Congress
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