TRACE Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3868 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 6, 2023 Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. BURCHETT, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. LAWLER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. LIEU) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tracking and Report- 4 ing Absent Community-members Everywhere Act’’ or the 5 ‘‘TRACE Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:36 Jul 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3868.IH H3868 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3868 IH SEC. 2. DATA FIELD IN THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UN- 1 IDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM RELATED TO 2 FEDERAL LAND. 3 The Attorney General, acting through the Director 4 of the National Institute of Justice, shall include in the 5 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System a data 6 field to indicate whether the last known location of the 7 missing person was confirmed or was suspected to have 8 been on Federal land, including any specific location de- 9 tails about the unit of Federal land that was the last 10 known location of the missing person. 11 SEC. 3. REPORT. 12 Beginning in the second calendar year that begins 13 after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 14 thereafter, on January 15th, the Attorney General, acting 15 through the Director of the National Institute of Justice, 16 shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the 17 House of Representatives and of the Senate a report that 18 contains, for the previous calendar year, the number of 19 cases in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons 20 System for which the missing person’s last known location 21 was confirmed or was suspected to have been on Federal 22 land. 23 SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 24 In this Act, the term ‘‘Federal land’’ means land 25 owned by the United States that is under the administra- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:36 Jul 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3868.IH H3868 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 3868 IH tive jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec- 1 retary of the Interior (except land held in trust for the 2 benefit of an Indian Tribe), or the Secretary of Defense 3 only with respect to land and water resources projects ad- 4 ministered by the Army Corps of Engineers. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:36 Jul 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3868.IH H3868 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB