[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2895 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2895

 To extend the civil statute of limitations for victims of Federal sex 
                               offenses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2016

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the civil statute of limitations for victims of Federal sex 
                               offenses.

    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 ``Extending Justice for Sex Crime 
Victims Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CIVIL REMEDY FOR 
              PERSONAL INJURIES.

    Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 1595(c)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``not later than the later of''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``after the cause 
                of action arose'' and inserting the following: ``after 
                the date upon which the plaintiff discovers the later 
                of--
                    ``(A) the violation that forms the basis for the 
                claim; or
                    ``(B) the injury that forms the basis for the 
                claim; or''; and
            (2) in section 2255(b), by striking ``filed within 10 
        years'' and all that follows through the end and inserting the 
        following: ``filed--
            ``(1) not later than 10 years after the date upon which the 
        plaintiff discovers the later of--
                    ``(A) the violation that forms the basis for the 
                claim; or
                    ``(B) the injury that forms the basis for the 
                claim; or
            ``(2) in the case of a person under a legal disability, not 
        later than 10 years after the disability ends.''.
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