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[S. 3103 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3103

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

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


                                 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.

    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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.