The TRACE Act directs the Attorney General to add a new data tracking field to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System that records whether missing people or unidentified remains were last located on Federal land, along with specific details about which Federal agency manages that land. The bill affects missing persons cases and unidentified remains investigations involving Federal lands managed by the Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior, or Army Corps of Engineers. Starting two years after the law takes effect, the Attorney General must submit an annual report to Congress by January 15th detailing the number of missing persons and remains cases linked to Federal land, broken down by which Federal agency has jurisdiction. The legislation does not specify dedicated funding, though it requires the existing National Institute of Justice to implement these tracking and reporting requirements.
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