S 1038
Passed a chamber
Requires the Attorney General to add a data field to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System showing whether a missing person's last known location was confirmed or suspected to be on federal land or in U.S. territorial waters, and requires annual reporting on those cases.
Official title: TRACE Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
04-SEP-2025
Senate
Introduced
13-MAR-2025
Referred
13-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
24-JUL-2025
Reported
28-JUL-2025
On the calendar
28-JUL-2025
Passed
02-SEP-2025
- Directs the Attorney General, acting through the National Institute of Justice, to add a data field to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System for last known locations on federal land or in U.S. territorial waters
- The field records whether that location was confirmed or only suspected, plus specific details about the land unit or waters involved
- Requires an annual report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees counting these cases for the previous calendar year, beginning with the second calendar year after enactment
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Passed Senate, 02-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (Senate)
Crime and Law Enforcement
■ 4 D■ 1 R
1 Republican