S 1038
· 119th Congress
· Crime and Law Enforcement
TRACE Act
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Held at the desk.
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Sep 04, 2025
floor
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Sep 04, 2025
floor
Received in the House.
Sep 04, 2025
floor
Held at the desk.
Sep 02, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 02, 2025
passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5987; text: CR S5987)
Jul 28, 2025
committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Judiciary Committee
Jul 28, 2025
other
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.
Jul 24, 2025
committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Judiciary Committee
Mar 13, 2025
introduced
Introduced in Senate
Mar 13, 2025
introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee
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Passed Senate
Sep 02, 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.
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--- Reported (Senate)
+++ Engrossed (Senate)
@@ -1,37 +1,15 @@
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[S. 1038 Reported in Senate (RS)]
+[S. 1038 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
<DOC>
-Calendar No. 126
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1038
-To direct the Attorney General to include a data field in the National
-Missing and Unidentified Persons System to indicate whether the last
-known location of a missing person was confirmed or was suspected to
-have been on Federal land, and for other purposes.
-
_______________________________________________________________________
-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
-
-March 13, 2025
-
-Mr. Tillis (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
-Murphy, and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read
-twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
-
-July 28, 2025
-
-Reported by Mr. Grassley, with an amendment
-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
-in italic]
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-A BILL
+AN ACT
To direct the Attorney General to include a data field in the National
Missing and Unidentified Persons System to indicate whether the last
@@ -40,51 +18,6 @@
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
-
-<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Tracking and Reporting
-Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act'' or the ``TRACE
-Act''.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (1) Attorney general.--The term ``Attorney
-General'' means the Attorney General, acting through the
-Director of the National Institute of Justice.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means
-land owned by the United States that is under the
-administrative jurisdiction of--</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (A) the Secretary of
-Agriculture;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (B) the Secretary of the Interior (except
-land held in trust for the benefit of an Indian Tribe);
-or</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (C) the Secretary of Defense only with
-respect to land and water resources projects
-administered by the Corps of Engineers.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED>SEC. 3. DATA FIELD IN THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED
-PERSONS SYSTEM RELATED TO FEDERAL LAND.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED> The Attorney General shall include in the National Missing
-and Unidentified Persons System a data field to indicate whether the
-last known location of the missing person was confirmed or was
-suspected to have been on Federal land, including any specific location
-details about the unit of Federal land that was the last known location
-of the missing person.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED>SEC. 4. REPORT.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED> Not later than January 15 of the second calendar year that
-begins after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually
-thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the
-Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House
-of Representatives a report that contains, for the previous calendar
-year, the number of cases in the National Missing and Unidentified
-Persons System for which the missing person's last known location was
-confirmed or was suspected to have been on Federal land.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
@@ -135,8 +68,12 @@
System for which the missing person's last known location was confirmed
or was suspected to have been on Federal land or in the territorial
waters of the United States.
-Calendar No. 126
+Passed the Senate September 2, 2025.
+
+Attest:
+
+Secretary.
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
@@ -145,15 +82,9 @@
_______________________________________________________________________
-A BILL
+AN ACT
To direct the Attorney General to include a data field in the National
Missing and Unidentified Persons System to indicate whether the last
known location of a missing person was confirmed or was suspected to
have been on Federal land, and for other purposes.
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-July 28, 2025
-
-Reported with an amendment
Cosponsors (5)
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