[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 7177 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7177


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 4, 2024

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
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'';
            (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).

            Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.