[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[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

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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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 28, 2025

                       Reported with an amendment