Bill > S1038

This bill, known as the Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere (TRACE) Act, directs the Attorney General to enhance the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System by adding a new data field that specifically indicates whether a missing person's last known location was confirmed or suspected to be on federal land or in U.S. territorial waters. The bill defines federal land as property under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Interior (excluding tribal trust lands), and Defense (specifically Corps of Engineers projects), and territorial waters as the 12 nautical miles adjacent to the U.S. coast. Additionally, the Attorney General is required to submit an annual report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees detailing the number of cases in the system where the missing person's last known location was on federal land or in territorial waters. This legislation aims to improve tracking and reporting of missing persons by providing more specific location information, which could potentially aid in search and rescue efforts and investigations.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1038/all-info