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Public Law 118-179. To amend title 28, United States Dec

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An Act To amend title 28, United States Dec. 23, 2024[[H.R. 7177](/us/bill/118/hr/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](/us/usc/t28/s81/a), 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)by striking “Lawrence,”; #####
(B)by inserting after “Madison,” the following: “Marshall,”; and #####
(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). Approved December 23, 2024.
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