Title: Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017
This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise the statute of limitations for a victim of a human trafficking offense or federal sexual offense to file a civil action to recover damages.
Under current law, the statute of limitations is 10 years from the date the cause of action arose. This bill sets a 10-year statute of limitations from the date the victim discovers the offense or injury.
Additionally, it extends the statute of limitations for a minor victim of a federal sex offense to file a civil action to 10 years (currently 3 years) from the date such individual reaches age 18.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1035 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1035

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2017

 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mrs. Mimi 
 Walters of California, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Kuster of New 
 Hampshire, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Moulton) introduced 
    the following bill; which was 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 2017''.

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 ``the later of''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``after the cause 
                of action arose; or'' 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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