Sec. 5. Statute of limitations for visa, naturalization, and other fraud offenses involving human rights violations
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Chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: A person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation of any provision of section 1001, 1015, 1425, 1546, 1621, or 3291, or for attempt or conspiracy to violate any provision of such sections, if— the fraudulent conduct, misrepresentation, concealment, or fraudulent, fictitious, or false statement concerns the alleged offender’s— participation, at any time, at any place, and regardless of the nationality of the alleged offender or any victim, in a human rights violation; or membership in, service in, or authority over a military, paramilitary, or law enforcement 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; and the indictment is found or the information is instituted not later than 20 years after such conduct.
In this section, the term human rights violation means extrajudicial killing, female genital mutilation, genocide, particularly severe violations of religious freedom, persecution, torture, the use or recruitment of child soldiers, or war crimes. In paragraph (1)— the term extrajudicial killing means conduct described in section 212(a)(3)(E)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(E)(iii) ); the term female genital mutilation means conduct described in section 116; the term genocide means conduct described in subsections (a), (c), and
(e)of section 1091; the term particularly severe violation of religious freedom means conduct described in section 3(13) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6402(13) ); the term persecution means conduct described in section 212(a)(3)(E)(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(E)(v) ); the term torture means conduct described in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of section 2340; the term use or recruitment of child soldiers means conduct described in subsections
(a)and
(d)of section 2442; and the term war crimes means conduct described in subsections
(c)and (d)(1) of section 2441. . The table of sections for chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 3302. Fraud in connection with certain human rights violations. . The amendments made by this section shall apply to fraudulent conduct, misrepresentations, concealments, and fraudulent, fictitious, or false statements made or committed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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