[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1123 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1123

To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the composition of the 
     eastern judicial district of Arkansas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2019

 Mr. Crawford (for himself, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Womack, and Mr. Hill of 
  Arkansas) 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 modify the composition of the 
     eastern judicial district of Arkansas, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Divisional Realignment for the 
Eastern District of Arkansas Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. REALIGNMENT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS.

    Section 83(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
``Eastern District
    ``(a) The Eastern District comprises three divisions.
            ``(1) The Central Division comprises the counties of 
        Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas, Drew, Faulkner, Grant, 
        Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, 
        Saline, Stone, Van Buren, White, and Yell.
Court for the Central Division shall be held at Little Rock.
            ``(2) The Delta Division comprises the counties of 
        Arkansas, Chicot, Crittenden, Desha, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, and 
        St. Francis.
Court for the Delta Division shall be held at Helena.
            ``(3) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Clay, 
        Craighead, Cross, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, 
        Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph, Sharp, and Woodruff.
Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Jonesboro.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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