H.R. 3730 · 109th Congress
To extend the statute of limitations pursuant to state of emergency, and for other purposes.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- F. Sensenbrenner
- Introduced
- 2005-09-13
- Latest action
- 2005-10-17 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Summary
Amends the federal criminal code to require the tolling of any statutory limitation period for the prosecution, trial, or punishment of an offense in any district in which presidentially-declared major disaster or emergency authority is invoked: (1) during the period courts are closed pursuant to the emergency; and (2) for one year after court operations resume.