[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6036 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6036

 To extend the civil statute of limitations for victims of Federal sex 
                               offenses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2016

 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the civil statute of limitations for victims of Federal sex 
                               offenses.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Extending Justice for Sex Crime 
Victims Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CIVIL REMEDY FOR 
              PERSONAL INJURIES.

    Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 1595(c)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``the later of''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``after the cause 
                of action arose; or'' and inserting the following: 
                ``after the date upon which the plaintiff discovers the 
                later of--
                    ``(A) the violation that forms the basis for the 
                claim; or
                    ``(B) the injury that forms the basis for the 
                claim; or''; and
            (2) in section 2255(b), by striking ``filed within 10 
        years'' and all that follows through the end and inserting the 
        following: ``filed--
            ``(1) not later than 10 years after the date upon which the 
        plaintiff discovers the later of--
                    ``(A) the violation that forms the basis for the 
                claim; or
                    ``(B) the injury that forms the basis for the 
                claim; or
            ``(2) in the case of a person under a legal disability, not 
        later than 10 years after the disability ends.''.
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