118th CONGRESS 2d Session |
December 4, 2024
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To amend title 28, United States 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”;
(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).
Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 2024.
| Attest: | kevin f. mccumber, |
| Clerk. |