Public Law 118-179 | Public Law 118–179: To amend title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District of Alabama.

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PUBLIC LAW 118–179—DEC. 23, 2024

138 STAT. 2613

Public Law

118–179

118th Congress

An Act

To amend title 28, United States

Dec. 23, 2024

[H.R. 7177]

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)

striking

“Lawrence,”;

(B)

inserting

after “Madison,” the following: “Marshall,”; and

(C)

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)

striking

paragraph (6); and

(7)

striking

paragraph (7).

Approved December 23, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 7177:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):

Dec. 3, considered and passed House.

Dec. 16, considered and passed Senate.

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Public Law 118–179: To amend title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District of Alabama.

CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN DIVISIONS IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 7177:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):

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