[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2270 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2270

To amend section 1605A of title 28, United States Code, to provide that 
  the statute of limitations must be raised as an affirmative defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2011

 Ms. Ros-Lehtinen introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 1605A of title 28, United States Code, to provide that 
  the statute of limitations must be raised as an affirmative defense.

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

SECTION 1. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN CERTAIN CIVIL ACTIONS.

    Section 1605A(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following flush sentence:
``The limitations period provided in this subsection is an affirmative 
defense that is waived if it is not timely raised in a responsive 
pleading.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1 applies to any case that is pending 
on, or is brought on or after, the date of the enactment of this Act.
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