Divisional Realignment Act of 2012
S. 3293112th Congress

Divisional Realignment Act of 2012

Introduced in the SenateSen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)14 sections · 1 min read
Version: Introduced in Senate · Jun 14, 2012

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.

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