[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 630 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 630

To make technical amendments to laws containing time periods affecting 
                         judicial proceedings.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 18, 2009

Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Sessions) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
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'';
            (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''.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on December 1, 
2009.
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