[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 78 (Monday, May 6, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2861]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     ONE MISSING PERSON IS TOO MANY

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, this May is National Missing Persons 
Month. Over 600,000 people go missing in the United States every year. 
Tens of thousands of these folks remain missing every year.
  Law enforcement officers work hard to solve these cases as quickly as 
possible. I thank them for all they do to find these people and try to 
ensure their safety.
  Congress should do everything it can, though, to help the men and 
women in law enforcement do their jobs and bring these people home.
  That is why I joined Congressman   Joe Neguse in leading a bipartisan 
bill to improve reporting requirements for individuals who go missing 
on public lands.
  This bill, called the TRACE Act, enhances reporting requirements of 
the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System so investigators 
across multiple agencies have access to all the important information 
to catch criminals behind people's disappearances.
  No missing persons case should go unsolved just because investigators 
couldn't easily access the information they need. Improving the way our 
agencies record and share case details could save lives.
  Mr. Speaker, 600,000 missing persons is too many. One missing person 
is too many. We should do all we can to find them and help them get 
home safely.

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