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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8860 
To direct the Attorney General to include certain additional information 
in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. LIEU, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Re-
sources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to include certain additional 
information in the National Missing and Unidentified 
Persons System, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tracking and Report-
ing Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act’’ or the 
‘‘TRACE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL 
MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYS-
TEM. 
The Attorney General, acting through the Director 
of the National Institute of Justice, shall include in the 
National Missing and Unidentified Persons System the 
following data fields: 
(1) A description of any initial search, rescue, 
or recovery mission. 
(2) A description of any ongoing search effort. 
(3) In the case that remains of a person are 
found, the cause of death determined by a coroner 
or forensics investigator. 
(4) Whether the last known location of the 
missing person was confirmed or was suspected to 
have been on Federal land. 
(5) For missing persons whose last known loca-
tion was confirmed or was suspected to have been on 
Federal land, the following additional data fields: 
(A) The activity in which the person was 
engaged or suspected to have been engaged at 
the time of their disappearance, including any 
known or suspected destination. 
(B) A description of any belongings of the 
person that were recovered, and the location of 
recovery of each such time. 
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(C) Whether the last known location of the 
missing person is controlled by the Bureau of 
Land Management, the Forest Service, the Na-
tional Park Service, or the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service. 
(D) Any additional information, including 
any specific location details, about the unit of 
Federal land that was the last known location 
of the missing person. 
SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF OPEN AND ARCHIVED CASES. 
(a) OPEN CASES.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries, in consulta-
tion with Federal, State, or local law enforcement agen-
cies, as appropriate, shall each include in the National 
Missing and Unidentified Persons System the information 
described in section 2 for each missing person the last 
known location of whom was confirmed or was suspected 
to have been on Federal land, and the case of whom is 
open on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) ARCHIVED CASES.—After the completion of the 
requirement under subsection (a), the Secretaries, in con-
sultation with Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
agencies, as appropriate, shall each include in the National 
Missing and Unidentified Persons System the information 
described in section 2 for each missing person the last 
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known location of whom was confirmed or was suspected 
to have been on Federal land, and the case of whom was 
archived. 
(c) CLARIFICATION.—The requirements of the Secre-
taries under this section apply in each case with respect 
to which the Federal land is under the administrative ju-
risdiction of the applicable Secretary, regardless of wheth-
er another Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency 
that is not under the applicable Secretary’s jurisdiction 
is the lead law enforcement agency investigating the case. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
Beginning in the second calendar year that begins 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, on January 15th, the Attorney General, acting 
through the Director of the National Institute of Justice, 
shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and of the Senate a report that 
contains, for the previous calendar year, the following in-
formation: 
(1) The number of open cases in the National 
Missing and Unidentified Persons System. 
(2) The number of cases in the National Miss-
ing and Unidentified Persons System that were 
archived. 
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(3) The number of archived cases entered into 
the National Missing and Unidentified Persons Sys-
tem under subsection (b). 
(4) The number of cases for each of paragraphs 
(1) and (2) where the missing person’s last known 
location was confirmed or was suspected to have 
been on Federal land. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘Federal land’’ means land owned 
by the United States that is under the administra-
tive jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of the Interior (except land held in trust 
for the benefit of an Indian Tribe), or the Secretary 
of Defense only with respect to land and water re-
sources projects administered by the Army Corps of 
Engineers. 
(2) The term ‘‘open case’’ means an active case 
and a case that is unsolved but not being actively in-
vestigated. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture with re-
spect to land and water under the administra-
tive jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture; 
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(B) the Secretary of the Interior with re-
spect to land and water under the administra-
tive jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior 
(except land held in trust for the benefit of an 
Indian Tribe); and 
(C) the Secretary of Defense only with re-
spect to land and water resources projects ad-
ministered by the Army Corps of Engineers. 
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