Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Transparency in Reporting for an Accurate Count of Combat Equipment (TRACCE) Act”.
Transparency in Reporting for an Accurate Count of Combat Equipment (TRACCE) Act
A BILL
To require an annual report on missing, lost, and stolen weapons, large amounts of ammunition, destructive devices, and explosive material, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Annual report on missing, lost, and stolen weapons, large amounts of ammunition, destructive devices, and explosive material
in the section heading, by striking “report to the Secretary of the Treasury” and inserting “reporting requirements”;
in subsection (a), by inserting “and the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives” after “Secretary of the Treasury”;
by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
“(c) Annual report—Not later than December 31 each year, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes, for the preceding year—
“(1) all instances of missing, lost, or stolen weapons, large amounts of ammunition, destructive devices, or explosive material from the stocks of the Department of Defense;
“(2) for each item identified under paragraph (1), the type, quantity, and serial number, broken down by armed force and component; and
“(3) such other information as the Secretary determines appropriate.”
Clerical amendment— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 161 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2722 and inserting the following new item: