Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act of 2009
Public Law 111-16 · H.R. 1626 · 111th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Barack Obama (D) on May 7, 2009 · Law
Sponsor: Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA-4)
Cosponsors (3): Rep. Howard Coble, Rep. John Conyers,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
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.
Committees
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Related bills
1 bill the Library of Congress relates to this one.
S. 630Identical bill
Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act of 2009
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 17 actions.
- May 7, 2009Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 111-16.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Apr 30, 2009FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Apr 28, 2009FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Apr 27, 2009FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- OtherOther · Cleared for White House.
- Apr 23, 2009CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Apr 22, 2009FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1626.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Weiner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 23, 2009CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 19, 2009CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Judiciary
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Official record
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