IB Union Calendar No. 350 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5512 [Report No. 112–497] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2012 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Harper, Mrs. Emerson, and Mr. Nunnelee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary May 29, 2012 Additional sponsor: Mr. Carnahan May 29, 2012 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to realign divisions within two judicial districts.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Divisional Realignment Act of 2012.

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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,.

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Realignment within the northern district of Mississippi

Section 104(a) 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. .

May 29, 2012 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed