[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4101 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4101

To amend title 28, United States Code, to create a southern division in 
              the Northern Judicial District of Illinois.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 1994

     Mr. Sangmeister (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Costello) 
 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 create a southern division in 
              the Northern Judicial District of Illinois.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CREATION OF SOUTHERN DIVISION.

    Section 93(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``Grundy, Kane, Kendall, 
        Lake, La Salle, and Will'' and inserting ``Kane, and Lake''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) The Southern Division comprises the counties of 
        Grundy, Kendall, La Salle, and Will.
        Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Joliet.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Pending Cases not Affected.--This Act and the amendments made 
by this Act shall not affect any action commenced before the effective 
date of this Act and pending in the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of Illinois on such date.
    (c) Juries not Affected.--This Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall not affect the composition, or preclude the service, of any 
grand or petit jury summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in the 
Northern Judicial District of Illinois on the effective date of this 
Act.

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