[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3730 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3730

 To extend the statute of limitations pursuant to state of emergency, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2005

Mr. Sensenbrenner introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the statute of limitations pursuant to state of emergency, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS PURSUANT TO STATE OF 
              EMERGENCY.

    Chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
``Sec. 3298. Extension of statute of limitations pursuant to state of 
              emergency
    ``In the case of a presidentially-declared major disaster or 
emergency, in any district for which the emergency authority was 
invoked, any limitation period provided by this chapter for the 
prosecution, trial, or punishment of an offense, is tolled during the 
period in which the courts are closed pursuant to the emergency, and 
for one additional year from the date on which all operations resume in 
the district courts within that district.''.

SEC. 2. CLERICAL AMENDMENT.

    The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 213 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item:

``3298. Extension of statute of limitations pursuant to state of 
                            emergency.''.
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