[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2633 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2633

 To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the time limits for 
appeals in civil cases to which United States officers or employees are 
                                parties.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2011

 Mr. Coble (for himself and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the time limits for 
appeals in civil cases to which United States officers or employees are 
                                parties.

    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 ``Appeal Time Clarification Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. TIME FOR APPEALS IN CERTAIN CASES.

    Section 2107 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``order or decree'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``order, or decree'';
                    (B) by striking ``suit or proceeding'' and 
                inserting ``suit, or proceeding''; and
                    (C) by striking ``filed, within thirty'' and 
                inserting ``filed within 30''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) In any such action, suit, or proceeding, the time as to all 
parties shall be 60 days from such entry if one of the parties is--
            ``(1) the United States;
            ``(2) an agency of the United States;
            ``(3) an officer or employee of the United States who is 
        sued in an official capacity; or
            ``(4) a current or former officer or employee of the United 
        States who is sued in an individual capacity for an act or 
        omission occurring in connection with duties performed on 
        behalf of the United States, including any instance in which 
        the United States represents that person when the judgment, 
        order, or decree is entered or files the appeal for that 
        person.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on December 1, 
2011.
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