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<dc:title>119 S32 IS: Local Access to Courts Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-01-08</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 32</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20250108">January 8, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S355">Mr. Cruz</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="S413">Mr. Padilla</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas and California.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause"><section id="id125c6f0683f84cca91a6d859ec7c903c" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Local Access to Courts Act</short-title></quote> or <quote><short-title>LACA</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7990e59608904c1aa567cbe3b92bcdd6"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organization of Texas district courts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 124(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>and College Station</quote> before the period at the end.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce2bca6b97f04aa78f85e068967031f5" changed="not-changed"><enum>3.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organization of California district courts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 84(d) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>and El Centro</quote> after <quote>at San Diego</quote>. </text></section></legis-body></bill> 

