BGOV Bill Summary: S. 3103, Child Abuse Statutes of Limitations

The federal statute of limitations for crimes involving minor victims — including sexual abuse, human trafficking, forced labor, or child pornography— would be eliminated under S. 3103.

Victims would be permitted to file a complaint for offenses committed before or after the bill’s enactment. Under current law, victims can file a complaint within 10 years from the date of an offense.

Victims were often barred from civil and criminal relief because of statutes of limitations that didn’t take into account evidence based on “delayed disclosures,” according to a March 4 news release from Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), ...