Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act of 2009

Summary

Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends federal bankruptcy, criminal, and civil law, as well as the Classified Information Procedures Act and the Controlled Substances Act, to extend from 5 to 7 days, and from 10 to 14 days, counting holidays and weekends, specified deadlines affecting court proceedings to harmonize them with recent amendments to the federal time-computation rules intended to provide predictability and uniformity to the current process of calculating court deadlines.

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Timeline

1. 18 March 2009

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3375)

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2. 18 March 2009

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3374-3375)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 March 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 18 March 2009 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 18 March 2009

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 18 March 2009

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 18 March 2009

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Sponsors

• Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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