[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5203-S5204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  AMENDING TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE, TO REDEFINE THE EASTERN AND 
              MIDDLE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH CAROLINA

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 929, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 929) to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North 
     Carolina.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate 
proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third 
time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and 
laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 929) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 929

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

     SECTION 1. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

       (a) In General.--Section 113 of title 28, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and Wilson and'' and 
     inserting ``Wilson, those portions of Hoke, Moore, Scotland, 
     and Richmond counties encompassing the Fort Bragg Military 
     Reservation and Camp Mackall, and''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
       ``(b) Middle District.--The Middle District comprises the 
     counties of Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, 
     Davie, Durham (excluding that portion of Durham County 
     encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, 
     North Carolina), Forsyth, Guilford, Hoke (excluding that 
     portion of Hoke County encompassing the Fort Bragg Military 
     Reservation and Camp Mackall), Lee, Montgomery, Moore 
     (excluding that portion of Moore County encompassing the Fort 
     Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall), Orange, Person, 
     Randolph, Richmond (excluding that portion of Richmond County 
     encompassing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp 
     Mackall), Rockingham, Rowan, Scotland (excluding that portion 
     of Scotland County encompassing the Fort Bragg Military 
     Reservation and Camp Mackall), Stanly, Stokes, Surry, and 
     Yadkin.''.
       (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall not apply to any action commenced or pending in any 
     judicial district of North Carolina before the date of 
     enactment of this Act.

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