Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Divisional Realignment Act of 2012.
Section 2. Realignment within the eastern district of Missouri
Section 105(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking Iron,; and
(B) by striking Saint Genevieve,; and
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by inserting Iron, after Dunklin,; and
(B) by inserting Sainte Genevieve, after Ripley,.
Section 3. Realignment within the northern district of Mississippi
Section 104 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
(a) Northern District
The Northern District comprises 3 divisions. Court for the Aberdeen Division shall be held at Aberdeen, Ackerman, and Corinth. Court for the Oxford Division shall be held at Oxford. Court for the Greenville Division shall be held at Clarksdale, Cleveland, and Greenville.
(1) The Aberdeen Division comprises the counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Webster, and Winston.
(2) The Oxford Division comprises the counties of Benton, Calhoun, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union, and Yalobusha.
(3) The Greenville Division comprises the counties of Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower, and Washington.
Section 4. Effective date
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.