TRACE Act

The TRACE Act requires the Attorney General to add a specific data field to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, indicating whether a missing person’s last known location was confirmed or suspected to be on federal land (e.g., national forests, parks, or military sites). It also mandates annual reports to Congress detailing the number of such cases from the previous year. This directly affects cases involving missing persons last seen on federally managed lands, improving data tracking for law enforcement. The law focuses on concrete data collection and reporting, not on new enforcement powers or policy changes.