[118th Congress Public Law 179]
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Public Law 118-179
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
    To amend title 28, United States <<NOTE: Dec. 23, 2024 -  [H.R. 
7177]>> Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District 
                               of Alabama.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN DIVISIONS IN THE NORTHERN 
                              DISTRICT OF ALABAMA.

    Section 81(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``seven'' and inserting ``five'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and Lauderdale'' and 
        inserting ``Lauderdale, and Lawrence'';
            (3) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``Lawrence,'';
                    (B) by inserting after ``Madison,'' the following: 
                ``Marshall,''; and
                    (C) by striking ``and Decatur'';
            (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Clay, Cleburne,'' and 
        inserting ``Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Saint 
        Clair,'';
            (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``Greene, Pickens, Sumter, 
        and Tuscaloosa'' and inserting ``Fayette, Greene, Lamar, Marion, 
        Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston'';
            (6) by striking paragraph (6); and
            (7) by striking paragraph (7).

    Approved December 23, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 7177:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
            Dec. 3, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 16, considered and passed Senate.

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