[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2871 Received in Senate (RDS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2871


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 13, 2013

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
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.

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

SECTION 1. REALIGNMENT OF SOUTHERN JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI.

    Section 104(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:

                          ``Southern District

    ``(b) The southern district comprises four divisions.
            ``(1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of 
        Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, 
        Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, 
        Sharkey, Smith, Warren, and Yazoo.
Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Jackson.
            ``(2) The Southern Division comprises the counties of 
        George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and 
        Stone.
Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Gulfport.
            ``(3) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of 
        Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, 
        Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, Wayne, and Walthall.
Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Hattiesburg.
            ``(4) The Western Division comprises the counties of Adams, 
        Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, and 
        Wilkinson.
Court for the Western Division shall be held at Natchez.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 12, 2013.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.