Pub. L. 118-179 - An act to amend title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District of Alabama.

118th Congress

Affects: 28 U.S.C. §§ 81

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)—

(3)(A) by striking “Lawrence,”;

(3)(B) by inserting after “Madison,” the following: “Marshall,”; and

(3)(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).

Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 7177:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):

Dec. 3, considered and passed House.

Dec. 16, considered and passed Senate.