[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[H.R. 5512 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5512


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 4, 2012

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 30, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.