,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bchh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bi1 #bjai,mr4
 ,mast 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,stevens1 ,mr4
 ,posey1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1  
,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,ms4 ,kuster
 of ,new ,hampshire1 ,ms4 ,castor of    
,florida1 ,mr4 ,diaz-,balart1 and ,mrs4 
,demings7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services1 and in addition to   
the ,committee on ,rules1 for a period  
to be subsequently determined by the    
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,uniform ,code 
of ,military ,justice to eliminate the  
statute of limitations for child abuse  
offenses1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
,harmony's ,law4  #b4 ,elimination of   
statute of limitations for child abuse  
offenses  7a7 ,elimination of limitation
 period ,subparagraph 7,a7 of section   

#hdc7;b77#b7 of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code 7article #dc7;b77#b7 of   
the ,uniform ,code of ,military         
,justice71 is amended to read as        
follows3 7,a7 ,a person charged with    
having committed a child abuse offense  
against a child may be tried and        
punished at any time without            
limitation44  7b7 ,application ,the     
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply to the prosecution of any child   
abuse offense 7as that term is defined  
in section #hdc7;b77#b7 of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code 7article          
#dc7;b77#b7 of the ,uniform ,code of    
,military ,justice77 committed before1  
on1 or after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act if the applicable          
limitation period has not yet expired4  
#c4 ,participation of ,house of         
,representatives in cases involving     
statute of limitations for rape or      
sexual assault ,the ,office of ,general 
,counsel of the ,house of               
,representatives1 under the direction of

 the ,bipartisan ,legal ,advisory ,group
 established under clause #h7;b7 of rule
 ,,ii of the ,rules of the ,house of    
,representatives1 is authorized to take 
steps to protect the institutional      
interests of the ,house of              
,representatives in any case in which   
the opinion of the ,united ,states      
,court of ,appeals for the ,armed       
,forces regarding the statute of        
limitations for rape or sexual assault  
under ,u4,s4 v4 ,mangahas1 ,no4         
#ag-jdcd-;,,af1 is invoked in a         
defendant's appeal1 including filing    
amicus briefs and providing other       
support for the position that the       
prosecution of an individual under the  
,uniform ,code of ,military ,justice for
 a rape or sexual assault committed     
before ,january #f1 #bjjf1 should not be
 time-barred based on such opinion4  #d4
 ,sense of ,congress on statute of      
limitations for rape or sexual assault  
,it is the sense of ,congress that--    
7#a7 the passage of time should not bar 

the prosecution of rape or sexual       
assault under the ,uniform ,code of     
,military ,justice2 and  7#b7 the       
prosecution of an individual under such 
,code for a rape or sexual assault      
committed before ,january #f1 #bjjf1    
should not be time-barred based on the  
opinion of the ,united ,states ,court of
 ,appeals for the ,armed ,forces in the 
case ,u4,s4 v4 ,mangahas4