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[CITE: 28USC1658]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                            PART V--PROCEDURE
 
                     CHAPTER 111--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1658. Time limitations on the commencement of civil actions 
        arising under Acts of Congress
        
    Except as otherwise provided by law, a civil action arising under an 
Act of Congress enacted after the date of the enactment of this section 
may not be commenced later than 4 years after the cause of action 
accrues.

(Added Pub. L. 101-650, title III, Sec. 313(a), Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 
5114.)

                       References in Text

    The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in text, is 
the date of enactment of Pub. L. 101-650, which was approved Dec. 1, 
1990.


                             Effective Date

    Section 313(c) of Pub. L. 101-650 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [enacting this section] shall apply with respect to 
causes of action accruing on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act [Dec. 1, 1990].''
