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[H.R. 5512 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5512

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twelve


                                 An Act


 
 To amend title 28, United States Code, to realign divisions within two 
                           judicial districts.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Divisional Realignment Act of 
2012''.
SEC. 2. REALIGNMENT WITHIN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI.
    Section 105(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Iron,'' and ``Saint 
    Genevieve,''; and
        (2) in paragraph (3)--
            (A) by inserting ``Iron,'' after ``Dunklin,''; and
            (B) by inserting ``Saint Genevieve,'' after ``Ripley,''.
SEC. 3. REALIGNMENT WITHIN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI.
    Section 104 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking 
subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) The northern district comprises three divisions.
        ``(1) The Aberdeen Division comprises the counties of Alcorn, 
    Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, 
    Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Webster, and Winston.
        ``Court for the Aberdeen Division shall be held at Aberdeen, 
    Ackerman, and Corinth.
        ``(2) The Oxford Division comprises the counties of Benton, 
    Calhoun, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, 
    Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union, and Yalobusha.
        ``Court for the Oxford Division shall be held at Oxford.
        ``(3) The Greenville Division comprises the counties of Attala, 
    Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, 
    Sunflower, and Washington.
        ``Court for the Greenville Division shall be held at 
    Clarksdale, Cleveland, and Greenville.''.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
    The amendments made by this Act take effect on the 60th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.