Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act of 2009

by the 111th Congress of the United States

111^TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS
1^ST SESSION

An Act
To make technical amendments to laws containing time periods affecting judicial proceedings.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the ``Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act of 2009´´.

Sec. 2. Amendments Related to Title 11, United States Code.

Title 11, United States Code, is amended–

(1) in section 109(h)(3)(A)(ii), by striking `5-day' and inserting `7-day';

(2) in section 322(a), by striking `five days' and inserting `seven days';

(3) in section 332(a), by striking `5 days' and inserting `7 days';

(4) in section 342(e)(2), by striking `5 days' and inserting `7 days';

(5) in section 521(e)(3)(B), by striking `5 days' and inserting `7 days';

(6) in section 521(i)(2), by striking `5 days' and inserting `7 days';

(7) in section 704(b)(1)(B), by striking `5 days' and inserting `7 days';

(8) in section 749(b), by striking `five days' and inserting `seven days'; and

(9) in section 764(b), by striking `five days' and inserting `seven days'.

Sec. 3. Amendments Related to Title 18, United States Code.

Title 18, United States Code, is amended–

(1) in section 983(j)(3), by striking `10 days' and inserting `14 days';

(2) in section 1514(a)(2)(C), by striking `10 days' each place it appears and inserting `14 days';

(3) in section 1514(a)(2)(E), by inserting after `the Government' the following: `, excluding intermediate weekends and holidays,';

(4) in section 1963(d)(2), by striking `ten days' and inserting `fourteen days';

(5) in section 2252A(c), by striking `10 days' and inserting `14 days';

(6) in section 2339B(f)(5)(B)(ii), by striking `10 days' and inserting `14 days';

(7) in section 2339B(f)(5)(B)(iii)(I), by inserting after `trial' the following: `, excluding intermediate weekends and holidays';

(8) in section 2339B(f)(5)(B)(iii)(III), by inserting after `appeal' the following: `, excluding intermediate weekends and holidays';

(9) in section 3060(b)(1), by striking `tenth day' and inserting `fourteenth day';

(10) in section 3432, by inserting after `commencement of trial' the following: `, excluding intermediate weekends and holidays,';

(11) in section 3509(b)(1)(A), by striking `5 days' and inserting `7 days'; and

(12) in section 3771(d)(5)(B), by striking `10 days' and inserting `14 days'.

Sec. 4. Amendments Related to the Classified Information Procedures Act.

The Classified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.) is amended–

(1) in section 7(b), by striking `ten days' and inserting `fourteen days';

(2) in section 7(b)(1), by inserting after `adjournment of the trial,' the following: `excluding intermediate weekends and holidays,'; and

(3) in section 7(b)(3), by inserting after `argument on appeal,' the following: `excluding intermediate weekends and holidays,'.

Sec. 5. Amendments Related to the Controlled Substances Act.

Section 413(e)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853(e)(2)) is amended by striking `ten days' and inserting `fourteen days'.

Sec. 6. Amendments Related to Title 28, United States Code.

Title 28, United States Code, is amended–

(1) in section 636(b)(1), by striking `ten days' and inserting `fourteen days';

(2) in section 1453(c)(1), by striking `not less than 7 days' and inserting `not more than 10 days'; and

(3) in section 2107(c), by striking `7 days' and inserting `14 days'.

Sec. 7. Effective Date.

The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on December 1, 2009.

Approved May 7, 2009.

Legislative History

• H.R. 1626, (S. 630)

• CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009):
  • Apr. 22, considered and passed House.
  • Apr. 27, considered and passed Senate.