United StatesTRACE Act
What it does
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.
More detail
NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for cases involving missing persons and unidentified or unclaimed remains.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Sep 4Message on Senate action sent to the House.Latest
- Sep 4Received in the House.
- Sep 4Held at the desk.
- Sep 2Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5987; text: CR S5987)Passed Senate
- Jul 28Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jul 28Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.
- Jul 24Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 13Introduced in Senate
- Mar 13Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Introduced