§ 3283.
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].)