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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:H.R. 2898.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause IX and clause XVIII of section VIII of Article I ofthe Constitution; and section I of Article III of theConstitution.[Page H5262]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the composition of the southern judicial district of Mississippi to improve judicial efficiency, and for other purposes.</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Division Realignment Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to realign the southern judicial district of Mississippi into four (currently, five) divisions with court to be held for:</p> <ul> <li>the Northern Division at Jackson,</li> <li>the Southern Division at Gulfport, </li> <li>the Eastern Division at Hattiesburg, and </li> <li>the Western Division at Natchez. </li> </ul> <p>Sets forth the Mississippi counties comprising each realigned division. </p>]]></text>
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