Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2022
This act eliminates the statute of limitations for a minor victim of a human trafficking offense or federal sex offense to file a civil action to recover damages.
[117th Congress Public Law 176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 117-176
117th Congress

                                 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. <<NOTE: Sept. 16, 2022 -  [S. 3103]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Eliminating 
Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2022.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 18 USC 1 note.>>  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. <<NOTE: 18 USC 2255 note.p>>  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.

    Approved September 16, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3103:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):
            Mar. 2, considered and passed Senate.
            Sept. 13, considered and passed House.

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Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2022
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.
Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2022
Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2022
Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2021
Sen. Durbin, Richard J.