[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1038 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 126
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1038
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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2025
Mr. Tillis (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Murphy, and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
July 28, 2025
Reported by Mr. Grassley, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Tracking and Reporting
Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act'' or the ``TRACE
Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Attorney general.--The term ``Attorney
General'' means the Attorney General, acting through the
Director of the National Institute of Justice.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means
land owned by the United States that is under the
administrative jurisdiction of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Secretary of
Agriculture;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Secretary of the Interior (except
land held in trust for the benefit of an Indian Tribe);
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the Secretary of Defense only with
respect to land and water resources projects
administered by the Corps of Engineers.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. DATA FIELD IN THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED
PERSONS SYSTEM RELATED TO FEDERAL LAND.</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. REPORT.</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tracking and Reporting Absent
Community-Members Everywhere Act'' or the ``TRACE Act''.
SEC. 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) Territorial waters of the united states.--The term
``territorial waters of the United States'' means all waters of
the territorial sea of the United States, 12 nautical miles
wide, adjacent to the coast of the United States and seaward of
the territorial baseline, as described in Presidential
Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988.
SEC. 3. DATA FIELD IN THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS
SYSTEM RELATED TO FEDERAL LAND AND TERRITORIAL WATERS.
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 or in the territorial waters of the United
States, including any specific location details about the unit of
Federal land or the area of the territorial waters of the United States
that was the last known location of the missing person.
SEC. 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 or in the territorial
waters of the United States.
Calendar No. 126
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1038
_______________________________________________________________________
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.
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July 28, 2025
Reported with an amendment