United States · Bill · S
S. 1038 (119th)
TRACE Act
Introduced
13 March 2025
Last action
4 September 2025 · Floor
Status
Held at the desk.
Sponsors
Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act or the TRACE Act 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 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.
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Timeline
13 March 2025
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
13 March 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
24 July 2025
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
28 July 2025
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.
Source: Calendars
28 July 2025
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Source: Committee
28 July 2025
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Source: Committee
2 September 2025
Passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5987; text: CR S5987)
Source: Floor
2 September 2025
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
4 September 2025
Floor
Held at the desk.
Source: Floor
4 September 2025
Floor
Received in the House.
Source: Floor
4 September 2025
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
Votes
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Versions
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Documents
4 official files
Engrossed in Senate
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Engrossed in Senate
Engrossed in Senate · EN · 2 September 2025
Passed Senate
summary · EN · 2 September 2025
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Reported to Senate
Reported to Senate · EN · 28 July 2025
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Introduced in Senate
Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 March 2025
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Sponsors
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1038
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1038
- us · 119-s-1038 · source updated 10 August 2026