When someone goes missing on federal land — like a national park, forest, or military-managed waterway — there hasn't been a consistent way to track that in the national database. This bill requires the Attorney General to add a data field to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System indicating whether a missing person's last known location was on federal land or in U.S. territorial waters, with specific location details. It also requires an annual report to Congress on how many missing persons cases involve federal land, giving families and investigators better tools to find patterns.
Congressional Summary
Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act or the TRACE ActThis 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.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Action Date
- Date Added
- 2026-04-02
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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