18 U.S.C. § 3283

Offenses against children

No statute of limitations that would otherwise preclude prosecution for an offense involving the sexual or physical abuse, or kidnaping, of a child under the age of 18 years shall preclude such prosecution during the life of the child, or for ten years after the offense, whichever is longer.

( June 25, 1948, ch. 645 , 62 Stat. 828 ; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330018(a) , Sept. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 2149 ; Pub. L. 108–21, title II, § 202 , Apr. 30, 2003 , 117 Stat. 660 ; Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1182(c) , Jan. 5, 2006 , 119 Stat. 3126 .)