S. 3103 – Reading Mode

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America

2d Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two

S. 3103

AN ACT

To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate the statute of limitations for the filing of a civil claim for any person who, while a minor, was a victim of a violation of section 1589, 1590, 1591, 2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423 of such title.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2022.

Elimination of the statute of limitations

Section 2255 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:

(b)

Statute of limitations

There shall be no time limit for the filing of a complaint commencing an action under this section.

Effective date; applicability

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall—

(1)

take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and

(2)

apply to—

(A)

any claim or action that, as of the date described in paragraph (1), would not have been barred under section 2255(b) of title 18, United States Code, as it read on the day before the date of enactment of this Act; and

(B)

any claim or action arising after the date of enactment of this Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate