S 1038

Summary

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.

Bill status

Status

Passed Senate

Sponsor

Sen. Thomas Tillis [R-NC]

Cosponsors

5

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Introduced

2025-03-13

Latest action

2025-09-04: Held at the desk.

Committee referrals

• Judiciary Committee: Senate · Reported By · 2025-07-28
• Judiciary Committee: Senate · Markup By · 2025-07-24
• Judiciary Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-03-13

Recent actions

• 2025-09-04: Held at the desk.
• 2025-09-04: Received in the House.
• 2025-09-04: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• 2025-09-02: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5987; text: CR S5987)
• 2025-09-02: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.