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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1626 

To make technical amendments to laws containing time periods affecting 

judicial proceedings. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 19, 2009 

Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. 

SMITH of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Statutory Time-Peri5 ods Technical Amendments Act of 2009’’. 

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

7 STATES CODE. 

8 Title 11, United States Code, is amended— 


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

2 day’’ and inserting ‘‘7-day’’; 

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

4 and inserting ‘‘seven days’’; 

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

6 inserting ‘‘7 days’’; 

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

8 and inserting ‘‘7 days’’; 

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

10 days’’ and inserting ‘‘7 days’’; 

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

12 and inserting ‘‘7 days’’; 

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

14 days’’ and inserting ‘‘7 days’’; 

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

16 and inserting ‘‘seven days’’; and 

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

18 and inserting ‘‘seven days’’. 

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

20 STATES CODE. 

21 Title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

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

23 and inserting ‘‘14 days’’; 

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

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


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

2 ‘‘the Government’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding inter3 mediate weekends and holidays,’’; 

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

5 days’’ and inserting ‘‘fourteen days’’; 

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

7 and inserting ‘‘14 days’’; 

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

9 ‘‘10 days’’ and inserting ‘‘14 days’’; 

10 (7) in section 2339B(f)(5)(B)(iii)(I), by insert11 ing after ‘‘trial’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding inter12 mediate weekends and holidays’’; 

13 (8) in section 2339B(f)(5)(B)(iii)(III), by in14 serting after ‘‘appeal’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding in15 termediate weekends and holidays’’; 

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

17 day’’ and inserting ‘‘fourteenth day’’; 

18 (10) in section 3432, by inserting after ‘‘com19 mencement of trial’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding in20 termediate weekends and holidays,’’; 

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

22 days’’ and inserting ‘‘7 days’’; and 

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

24 days’’ and inserting ‘‘14 days’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE CLASSIFIED IN2 FORMATION PROCEDURES ACT. 

3 The Classified Information Procedures Act (18 

4 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

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

6 inserting ‘‘fourteen days’’; 

7 (2) in section 7(b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘ad8 journment of the trial,’’ the following: ‘‘excluding in9 termediate weekends and holidays,’’; and 

10 (3) in section 7(b)(3), by inserting after ‘‘argu11 ment on appeal,’’ the following: ‘‘excluding inter12 mediate weekends and holidays,’’. 

13 SEC. 5. AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE CONTROLLED SUB14 STANCES ACT. 

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

16 (21 U.S.C. 853(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘ten days’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘fourteen days’’. 

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

19 STATES CODE. 

20 Title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

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

22 and inserting ‘‘fourteen days’’; 

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

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

25 days’’; and 


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

2 inserting ‘‘14 days’’. 

3 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

4 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

5 on December 1, 2009. 

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