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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1626 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 23, 2009 

Received 

AN ACT 

To make technical amendments to laws containing time 

periods affecting judicial proceedings. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Statutory Time-Peri3 ods Technical Amendments Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO TITLE 11, UNITED 

5 STATES CODE. 

6 Title 11, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in section 109(h)(3)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘5- 

8 day’’ and inserting ‘‘7-day’’; 

9 (2) in section 322(a), by striking ‘‘five days’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘seven days’’; 

11 (3) in section 332(a), by striking ‘‘5 days’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘7 days’’; 

13 (4) in section 342(e)(2), by striking ‘‘5 days’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘7 days’’; 

15 (5) in section 521(e)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘5 

16 days’’ and inserting ‘‘7 days’’; 

17 (6) in section 521(i)(2), by striking ‘‘5 days’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘7 days’’; 

19 (7) in section 704(b)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘5 

20 days’’ and inserting ‘‘7 days’’; 

21 (8) in section 749(b), by striking ‘‘five days’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘seven days’’; and 

23 (9) in section 764(b), by striking ‘‘five days’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘seven days’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO TITLE 18, UNITED 

2 STATES CODE. 

3 Title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) in section 983(j)(3), by striking ‘‘10 days’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘14 days’’; 

6 (2) in section 1514(a)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘10 

7 days’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘14 days’’; 

8 (3) in section 1514(a)(2)(E), by inserting after 

9 ‘‘the Government’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding inter10 mediate weekends and holidays,’’; 

11 (4) in section 1963(d)(2), by striking ‘‘ten 

12 days’’ and inserting ‘‘fourteen days’’; 

13 (5) in section 2252A(c), by striking ‘‘10 days’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘14 days’’; 

15 (6) in section 2339B(f)(5)(B)(ii), by striking 

16 ‘‘10 days’’ and inserting ‘‘14 days’’; 

17 (7) in section 2339B(f)(5)(B)(iii)(I), by insert18 ing after ‘‘trial’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding inter19 mediate weekends and holidays’’; 

20 (8) in section 2339B(f)(5)(B)(iii)(III), by in21 serting after ‘‘appeal’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding in22 termediate weekends and holidays’’; 

23 (9) in section 3060(b)(1), by striking ‘‘tenth 

24 day’’ and inserting ‘‘fourteenth day’’; 


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1 (10) in section 3432, by inserting after ‘‘com2 mencement of trial’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding in3 termediate weekends and holidays,’’; 

4 (11) in section 3509(b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘5 

5 days’’ and inserting ‘‘7 days’’; and 

6 (12) in section 3771(d)(5)(B), by striking ‘‘10 

7 days’’ and inserting ‘‘14 days’’. 

8 SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE CLASSIFIED IN9 FORMATION PROCEDURES ACT. 

10 The Classified Information Procedures Act (18 

11 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

12 (1) in section 7(b), by striking ‘‘ten days’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘fourteen days’’; 

14 (2) in section 7(b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘ad15 journment of the trial,’’ the following: ‘‘excluding in16 termediate weekends and holidays,’’; and 

17 (3) in section 7(b)(3), by inserting after ‘‘argu18 ment on appeal,’’ the following: ‘‘excluding inter19 mediate weekends and holidays,’’. 

20 SEC. 5. AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE CONTROLLED SUB21 STANCES ACT. 

22 Section 413(e)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act 

23 (21 U.S.C. 853(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘ten days’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘fourteen days’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO TITLE 28, UNITED 

2 STATES CODE. 

3 Title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) in section 636(b)(1), by striking ‘‘ten days’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘fourteen days’’; 

6 (2) in section 1453(c)(1), by striking ‘‘not less 

7 than 7 days’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 10 

8 days’’; and 

9 (3) in section 2107(c), by striking ‘‘7 days’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘14 days’’. 

11 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

12 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

13 on December 1, 2009. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 22, 2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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