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S 1038 · 119th Congress · SenateOther

TRACE Act

In plain language: 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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How it moved.

  1. Sep 4, 2025Held at the desk.
  2. Sep 2, 2025Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5987; text: CR S5987)
  3. Sep 2, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  4. Jul 28, 2025Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  5. Jul 28, 2025Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. Jul 24, 2025Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  7. Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate

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