1. Short title This Act may be cited as Harmony’s Law . 2. Elimination of statute of limitations for child abuse offenses (a) Elimination of limitation period Subparagraph (A) of section 843(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code (article 43(b)(2) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended to read as follows: (A) A person charged with having committed a child abuse offense against a child may be tried and punished at any time without limitation. . (b) Application The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to the prosecution of any child abuse offense (as that term is defined in section 843(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code (article 43(b)(2) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice)) committed before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act if the applicable limitation period has not yet expired. 3. Participation of House of Representatives in cases involving statute of limitations for rape or sexual assault The Office of General Counsel of the House of Representatives, under the direction of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group established under clause 8(b) of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives, is authorized to take steps to protect the institutional interests of the House of Representatives in any case in which the opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces regarding the statute of limitations for rape or sexual assault under U.S. v. Mangahas, No. 17–0434–AF, is invoked in a defendant’s appeal, including filing amicus briefs and providing other support for the position that the prosecution of an individual under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for a rape or sexual assault committed before January 6, 2006, should not be time-barred based on such opinion. 4. Sense of Congress on statute of limitations for rape or sexual assault It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the passage of time should not bar the prosecution of rape or sexual assault under the Uniform Code of Military Justice