TRACE Act
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary passed senate (Sep 2, 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.
What just happenedSep 4, 2025
Held at the desk.
Who’s behind it
- Engrossed in SenateSep 2, 2025
- Reported to SenateJul 28, 2025
- Introduced in SenateMar 13, 2025
- Sep 4, 2025FloorH15000
Held at the desk.
- Sep 4, 2025FloorH14000
Received in the House.
- Sep 4, 2025Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 2, 2025Floor
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5987; text: CR S5987)
- Sep 2, 2025Floor17000
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 28, 2025Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.
- Jul 28, 2025Committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Judiciary Committee - Jul 28, 2025Committee14000
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Judiciary Committee - Jul 24, 2025Committee
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Judiciary Committee - Mar 13, 2025IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Mar 13, 2025IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate