US Congress House Bill 2388 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 29 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Eliminates the statute of limitations under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for a child abuse offense. Currently, such charges must be received during the life of the child or within 10 years of the commission of the offense, whichever is longer. The bill retroactively applies to offenses for which the current statute of limitations has not yet lapsed. The Office of General Counsel of the House of Representatives is authorized to file legal briefs supporting the position that prosecution for a rape or sexual assault should not be time-barred, notwithstanding the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in United States v. Mangahas, No. 17-0434-AF.

Harmony’s Law

Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]
Rep. James Baird [R-IN]	Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Denver Riggleman [R-VA]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2019-04-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-04-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-04-29	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2388/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2388/BILLS-116hr2388ih.pdf