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TRACE Act
Introduced Mar 13, 2025 by Sen. Thomas Tillis
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The Senate passed it. The House has to pass it before it can reach the President.
Latest action · Sep 4, 2025
Held at the desk.
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.
NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for cases involving missing persons and unidentified or unclaimed remains.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
Roll-call votes
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
History
- Sep 4, 2025Held at the desk.
- Sep 4, 2025Received in the House.
- Sep 4, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 2, 2025Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5987; text: CR S5987)
- Sep 2, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 28, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.
- Jul 28, 2025Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jul 24, 2025Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 13, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate