Sec. 507. Statute of limitations for visa, naturalization, and other fraud offenses involving war crimes or human rights violations

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Chapter 213, Title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding new section 3302, as follows: No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation of any provision of sections 1001 and 1015 of chapter 47, section 1425 of chapter 63, section 1546 of chapter 75, section 1621 of chapter 79, and section 3291 of chapter 212A of title 18 of the United States Code, or for attempt or conspiracy to violate any of such sections, when the fraudulent conduct, misrepresentation, concealment, or fraudulent, fictitious, or false statement concerns the alleged offender’s participation, at any time, at any place, and irrespective of the nationality of the alleged offender or any victim, in a human rights violation or war crime, or the alleged offender’s membership in, service in, or authority over a military, paramilitary, or police organization that participated in such conduct during any part of any period in which the alleged offender was a member of, served in, or had authority over the organization, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within 20 years after the commission of the offense, except that an indictment may be found, or information instituted, at any time without limitation if the commission of such human rights violation or war crime resulted in the death of any person.

For purposes of subsection (a), human rights violation or war crime means genocide, incitement to genocide, war crimes, torture, female genital mutilation, extrajudicial killing under color of foreign law, persecution, particularly severe violation of religious freedom by a foreign government official, or the use or recruitment of child soldiers. For purposes of subsection (b), genocide means conduct described in section 1091(a) of chapter 50A of this title, incitement to genocide means conduct described in section 1091(c) of chapter 50A of this title, war crimes means conduct described in subsections

(c)and

(d)of section 2441 of chapter 118 of this title, torture means conduct described in subsections

(1)and

(2)of section 2340 of chapter 113C of this title, female genital mutilation means conduct described in section 116 of chapter 7 of this title, extrajudicial killing under color of foreign law means conduct specified in section 1182(a)(3)(E)(iii) of chapter 12 of title 8 of the United States Code, persecution means conduct that is a bar to relief under section 1158(b)(2)(A)(i) of chapter 12 of title 8 of the United States Code, particularly severe violation of religious freedom means conduct described in section 6402(13) of chapter 73 of title 22 of the United States Code, and use or recruitment of child soldiers means conduct described in subsections

(a)and

(d)of section 2442 of chapter 118 of this title. . The amendment made by this section shall apply to fraudulent conduct, misrepresentations, concealments, and fraudulent, fictitious, or false statements made or committed before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.