TRACE Act

Bill: 118-s-2120
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-06-22
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computers and information technology

Congressional oversight

Criminal justice information and records

Government information and archives

Missing persons
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-16
text: Held at the desk.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act or the TRACE Act</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for cases involving missing persons and unidentified or unclaimed remains.</p>

action_date: 2024-09-12
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><strong>Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act or the TRACE Act</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for cases involving missing persons and unidentified or unclaimed remains.</p>

tv_txt: 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2120 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To direct the Attorney General to include a data field in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System to indicate whether the last known location of a missing person was confirmed or was suspected to have been on Federal land, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act or the TRACE Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Attorney General The term Attorney General means the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Justice. (2) Federal land The term Federal land means land owned by the United States that is under the administrative jurisdiction of— (A) the Secretary of Agriculture; (B) the Secretary of the Interior (except land held in trust for the benefit of an Indian Tribe); or (C) the Secretary of Defense only with respect to land and water resources projects administered by the Corps of Engineers. 3. Data field in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System related to Federal land The Attorney General shall include in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System a data field to indicate whether the last known location of the missing person was confirmed or was suspected to have been on Federal land, including any specific location details about the unit of Federal land that was the last known location of the missing person. 4. Report Not later than January 15 of the second calendar year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that contains, for the previous calendar year, the number of cases in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System for which the missing person’s last known location was confirmed or was suspected to have been on Federal land.

Passed the Senate September 12, 2024. Secretary

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2120 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 22, 2023 Mr. Tillis (for himself, Mr. Padilla , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Blumenthal , and Mr. Murphy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Attorney General to include a data field in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System to indicate whether the last known location of a missing person was confirmed or was suspected to have been on Federal land, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act or the TRACE Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Attorney General The term Attorney General means the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Justice. (2) Federal land The term Federal land means land owned by the United States that is under the administrative jurisdiction of— (A) the Secretary of Agriculture; (B) the Secretary of the Interior (except land held in trust for the benefit of an Indian Tribe); or (C) the Secretary of Defense only with respect to land and water resources projects administered by the Corps of Engineers. 3. Data field in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System related to Federal land The Attorney General shall include in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System a data field to indicate whether the last known location of the missing person was confirmed or was suspected to have been on Federal land, including any specific location details about the unit of Federal land that was the last known location of the missing person. 4. Report Not later than January 15 of the second calendar year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that contains, for the previous calendar year, the number of cases in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System for which the missing person’s last known location was confirmed or was suspected to have been on Federal land.