[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S958]
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 ELIMINATING LIMITS TO JUSTICE FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE VICTIMS ACT OF 2021

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 276, S. 3103.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary, with 
amendments as follows:
  (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in 
italics.)

                                S. 3103

       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] 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 [any] a complaint commencing an action 
     [commenced] 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.

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee-reported amendments be agreed to, the bill, as amended be 
considered read a third time and passed, and that the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendments were agreed to.
  The bill (S. 3103), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 3103

       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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