I 
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 Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To make technical amendments to laws containing time 
periods affecting judicial proceedings. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Statutory Time-Peri-
ods Technical Amendments Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO TITLE 11, UNITED 
STATES CODE. 
Title 11, United States Code, is amended— 
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(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’’; 
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(3) in section 1514(a)(2)(E), by inserting after 
‘‘the Government’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding inter-
mediate 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 insert-
ing after ‘‘trial’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding inter-
mediate weekends and holidays’’; 
(8) in section 2339B(f)(5)(B)(iii)(III), by in-
serting after ‘‘appeal’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding in-
termediate weekends and holidays’’; 
(9) in section 3060(b)(1), by striking ‘‘tenth 
day’’ and inserting ‘‘fourteenth day’’; 
(10) in section 3432, by inserting after ‘‘com-
mencement of trial’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding in-
termediate 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’’. 
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SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE CLASSIFIED IN-
FORMATION 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 ‘‘ad-
journment of the trial,’’ the following: ‘‘excluding in-
termediate weekends and holidays,’’; and 
(3) in section 7(b)(3), by inserting after ‘‘argu-
ment on appeal,’’ the following: ‘‘excluding inter-
mediate weekends and holidays,’’. 
SEC. 5. AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE CONTROLLED SUB-
STANCES 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 
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(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. 
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