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AN ACTTo 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. [28 U.S.C. 104 note] EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendments made by this Act take effect on the 60th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.