[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 28, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S538]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   IMPROVING ACCESS TO OUR COURTS ACT

  Mr. KELLY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 227 and 
the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 227) to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     provide an additional place for holding court for the Pecos 
     Division of the Western District of Texas, and for other 
     purposes.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. KELLY. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered 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. 227) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                 S. 227

       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 ``Improving Access to Our 
     Courts Act''.

     SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PLACES FOR HOLDING COURT.

       (a) Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas.--
     Section 124(d)(6) of title 28, United States Code, is 
     amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (7), by inserting 
     ``and Alpine'' after ``Pecos''.
       (b) Western District of Washington.--Section 128(b) of 
     title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``Mount 
     Vernon,'' after ``Tacoma,''.

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