[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3103 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3103

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 28, 2021

 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Cornyn, 
and Mr. Leahy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               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 2021''.

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 any action commenced under this section.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall--
            (1) take effect on 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 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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