TRACE Act passed the Senate 173 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the House
IntroducedMar 13, 2025
ReportedJul 24, 2025
Passed one chamberSep 2, 2025
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 78 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 198 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 3, from introduced in senate to engrossed in senate · 363 words
- Subjects
- Computers and information technologyCongressional oversightCriminal justice information and recordsGovernment information and archivesMissing persons
- Latest action
- Sep 4, 2025: Held at the desk.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]