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SENATE 1038119th CongressHeld at the desk.

TRACE Act

Last Action
9/4/2025

Actions

  • 2025-09-04Held at the desk.
  • 2025-09-04Received in the House.
  • 2025-09-04Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • 2025-09-02Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5987; text: CR S5987)
  • 2025-09-02Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  • 2025-07-28Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.
  • 2025-07-28Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  • 2025-07-28Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  • 2025-07-24Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  • 2025-03-13Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • 2025-03-13Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2025-09-02 (55)

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.

Cosponsors (5)

  • Alex Padilla (D-CA)
  • Shelley Capito (R-WV)
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
  • Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
  • Christopher Coons (D-DE)

Subjects

  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Government information and archives
  • Missing persons
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