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SENATE 2120118th CongressHeld at the desk.

TRACE Act

Last Action
9/16/2024

Actions

  • 2024-09-16Held at the desk.
  • 2024-09-16Received in the House.
  • 2024-09-12Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • 2024-09-12Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6036; text: CR S6036)
  • 2024-09-12Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  • 2024-09-12Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  • 2024-09-12Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  • 2023-06-22Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • 2023-06-22Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2024-09-12 (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.

NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for cases involving missing persons and unidentified or unclaimed remains.

Cosponsors (4)

  • Alex Padilla (D-CA)
  • John Cornyn (R-TX)
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
  • Christopher Murphy (D-CT)

Subjects

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