Statutes of Limitation for Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5560 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5560 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to incentivize States to eliminate civil and criminal statutes of limitations and revive time-barred civil claims for child abuse cases, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 23, 2025 Mr. Subramanyam (for himself and Ms. Salazar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to incentivize States to eliminate civil and criminal statutes of limitations and revive time-barred civil claims for child abuse cases, and for other purposes. 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 ``Statutes of Limitation for Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Child sexual abuse is a pernicious crime perpetrated through threats of violence, intimidation, manipulation, and abuse of power. (2) Child sexual abuse is a public health epidemic that affects an estimated 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 20 boys in the United States. (3) The prevalence of child sex trafficking is difficult to estimate, but the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reports receiving more than 19,000 reports of child sex trafficking in 2022. (4) Historically, nearly 90 percent of child victims never go to the authorities and the vast majority of claims have expired before the victims were capable of getting to court. (5) Due to the subversive nature of this crime, the average age of disclosure of child sexual abuse does not occur until a victim is o