# 117-hr-8860: TRACE Act

117-hr-8860, TRACE Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8860
- Congress: 117
- Title: TRACE Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Introduced: 2022-09-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act or the TRACE Act This bill requires the National Institute of Justice to include additional data categories in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), including information about persons who go missing on federal land. It also requires the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, and Defense to report existing missing persons cases on their federal land to NamUs.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN), 2022-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2022-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2022-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z

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- 117-hres-881: Condemning the heinous terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on January 15, 2022.
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## Sources
- [117-hr-8860 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8860)

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- [117-hr-3537: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3537)
- [117-hr-263: Big Cat Public Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-263)
- [117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1842)
- [117-hres-881: Condemning the heinous terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyvi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-881)
- [117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5577)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8860 (as of 2025-11-18).