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The TRACE Act is a bipartisan bill that recently passed the U.S. Senate.
It aims to improve data sharing for people who go missing on federal lands and waters.
The bill would add a new category to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs).
It also requires the Department of Justice to issue an annual report to Congress on these cases.
California Sen. Alex Padilla is joining with a colleague from across the aisle in pushing for new legislation to improve data sharing related to people who go missing on federal lands or waters.
The Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere (TRACE) Act , authored by the Democratic senator and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, passed the Senate last week.
What is Senator Alex Padilla's TRACE Act?
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