Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act of 2009
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Became Public Law No: 111-16.
Official Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) 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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AI Government Intelligence™The Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act of 2009 updates various federal laws to extend certain court-related deadlines from 5 to 7 days and from 10 to 14 days, including holidays and weekends. This change aligns these deadlines with recent amendments to federal time-computation rules, aiming to create more predictability and uniformity in calculating court deadlines. The bill covers areas such as bankruptcy, criminal and civil law, as well as specific statutes like the Classified Information Procedures Act and the Controlled Substances Act.
This bill adjusts statutory deadlines in federal court proceedings to harmonize with updated federal time-computation rules, affecting how certain legal time periods are calculated.
- Extends specified court deadlines from 5 to 7 days and from 10 to 14 days, including holidays and weekends.
- Applies amendments across multiple legal areas, including bankruptcy, criminal, civil law, and specific statutes.
- Aims to provide uniformity and predictability in calculating court deadlines following recent federal time-computation rule changes.
Federal courts, legal practitioners, and parties involved in bankruptcy, criminal, and civil cases may benefit from clearer and more consistent deadline calculations. Agencies and entities governed by the Classified Information Procedures Act and Controlled Substances Act are also affected.
Extending deadlines could potentially delay court proceedings or affect case timelines. The bill text does not provide details on implementation challenges or costs associated with these changes. The absence of the full bill text limits assessment of all specific amendments.
The bill was introduced in the House during the 111th Congress and has been signed into law. It falls under the policy area of Law and represents a technical amendment rather than a substantive policy change.
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The extension of deadlines may indirectly affect court scheduling, case management, and the pace of legal proceedings. This could influence workload distribution for courts and legal professionals.
The full bill text was not provided, limiting detailed analysis of all amendments. Citizens and stakeholders may want to review how these deadline changes interact with existing court procedures and whether any specific cases or statutes are disproportionately affected.
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