[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8061 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8061

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2022

    Ms. Ross (for herself, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Reschenthaler, and Ms. 
   Salazar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.

    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 ``Eliminating Limits to Justice for 
Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. 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.''.

SEC. 3. 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.
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