PUBLIC LAW 111–16—MAY 7, 2009 123 STAT. 1607 

Public Law 111–16 

111th Congress 

An Act 

To make technical amendments to laws containing time periods affecting judicial 

proceedings. 

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’’; 

Statutory TimePeriods Technical 

Amendments Act 

of 2009. 

11 USC 101 note. 

May 7, 2009 

[H.R. 1626] 


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(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. AMENDMENT 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’’. 


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PUBLIC LAW 111–16—MAY 7, 2009 123 STAT. 1609 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1626: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009): 

Apr. 22, considered and passed House. 

Apr. 27, considered and passed Senate. 

Æ 

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 

December 1, 2009. 

Approved May 7, 2009. 

11 USC 109 note. 


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