Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act of 2009
PL 111-16 (H.R.1626), enacted 05/07/2009

123 STAT. 1607 
PUBLIC LAW 111–16—MAY 7, 2009 
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 Govern-
ment’’ 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 Time- 
Periods Technical 
Amendments Act 
of 2009. 
11 USC 101 note. 
May 7, 2009 
[H.R. 1626] 
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123 STAT. 1608 
PUBLIC LAW 111–16—MAY 7, 2009 
(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 holi-
days’’; 
(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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123 STAT. 1609 
PUBLIC LAW 111–16—MAY 7, 2009 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1626: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009): 
Apr. 22, considered and passed House. 
Apr. 27, considered and passed Senate. 
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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