AMENDING TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE, TO REDEFINE THE EASTERN AND MIDDLE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH CAROLINA; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 129
(Senate - July 30, 2019)
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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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