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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3107 

To provide incentives for States to eliminate statutes of limitation related 

to child sexual abuse, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 28, 2021 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide incentives for States to eliminate statutes of 

limitation related to child sexual abuse, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Time Limit for 

5 Justice Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) According to the Children’s Bureau of the 

9 Administration on Children, Youth and Families of 


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1 the Department of Health and Human Services, 

2 every 9 minutes, a child is sexually assaulted in the 

3 United States, and 93 percent of victims know the 

4 perpetrator, who is often related to the victim. 

5 (2) Child sexual abuse can have a serious im6 pact on the physical and mental health of victims, 

7 who often experience post-traumatic stress disorder, 

8 shame, guilt, anxiety, and depression. 

9 (3) A study from the National Institutes of 

10 Health found that between 60 and 80 percent of vic11 tims of childhood sexual abuse wait until adulthood 

12 to disclose their abuse. 

13 (4) Due to the especially heinous nature of 

14 child sexual abuse, it is imperative that perpetrators 

15 of this crime are punished and prevented from re16 offending, and that victims have the opportunity to 

17 see their abusers brought to justice. 

18 (5) Statutes of limitations for felony sex crimes 

19 against minors differ by State, and some end as lit20 tle as 3 years after the crime occurred, even for 

21 crimes like production of child sexual abuse imagery. 

22 For victims, statutes of limitations can hinder their 

23 ability to seek justice and hold their perpetrator ac24 countable. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) COVERED GRANT PROGRAM.—The term 

4 ‘‘covered grant program’’ means the grant program 

5 under part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con6 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 

7 et seq.) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘STOP Vio8 lence Against Women Formula Grant Program’’). 

9 (2) SEXUAL ABUSE.—The term ‘‘sexual abuse’’ 

10 has the meaning given the term in section 111 of the 

11 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 5106g). 

13 SEC. 4. INCREASED FUNDING FOR GRANTS AUTHORIZED 

14 UNDER STOP GRANT PROGRAM. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall, in ac16 cordance with subsection (b), increase the total amount 

17 of each grant awarded to a State under the covered grant 

18 program, if, as of the first day of the fiscal year for which 

19 the grant is being awarded— 

20 (1) child sexual abuse criminal offenses under 

21 the laws of the State are not subject to a statute of 

22 limitations; and 

23 (2) civil actions authorizing damages for victims 

24 of child sexual abuse under the laws of the State are 

25 not subject to a statute of limitations. 


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1 (b) GRANT INCREASE.—The amount of an increase 

2 provided to a State under subsection (a) shall be equal 

3 to not more than 5 percent of the average of the total 

4 amount of funding provided to the State under the covered 

5 grant program during the 3 most recent fiscal years in 

6 which the State was awarded a grant under the covered 

7 grant program. 

8 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

9 are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each 

10 of 2022 through 2026 to carry out this section. 

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