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Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 95-573, § 1(1), struck out Kankakee from the counties comprising the Eastern Division of the Northern District.

Pub. L. 95-408 added Kankakee to the counties comprising the Eastern Division of the Northern District. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-573, § 1(2), added Kankakee to the counties comprising the Central District.

Pub. L. 95-408 substituted "Central District" for "Southern District" in subsec. heading, struck out the subsec. (b)(1) and (2) designations, which divided the former Southern District into a Northern and Southern Division, and in such newly created Central District, added the counties of Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, and Vermilion to, and deleted the counties of Bond, Calhoun, Jersey, and Madison from, those counties comprising the new Central District, and substituted provisions for the holding of a term of Court for the Central District at Danville, Peoria, Quincy, Rock Island, and Springfield for provisions for the holding of a term of Court for the Northern Division of the former Southern District at Peoria and Rock Island and for the Southern Division of the former Southern District at Alton, Quincy, and Springfield.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-408 substituted "Southern District" for "Eastern District" in subsec. heading, and in such Southern District added the counties of Bond, Calhoun, Jersey, and Madison to, and deleted the counties of Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby and Vermilion from, those counties comprising the Southern District, and substituted provisions for the holding of a term of Court for the Southern District at Alton, Benton, Cairo, and East Saint Louis for provisions for the holding of a term of Court for the Eastern District at Benton, Cairo, Danville, and East Saint Louis.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT

Section 6 of Pub. L. 95-573, as amended by Pub. L. 96-4, § 2, Mar. 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 7, provided that:

"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this Act [amending sections 93, 99, 112 and 118 of this title and enacting a provision set out as a note under section 84 of this title] shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 2, 1978].

"(b)(1) The provisions of section 5 of this Act [set out as a note under section 84 of this title] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 2, 1978].

"(2) The provisions of the first section of this Act [amending this section] shall take effect on March 31, 1979.

"(c) Nothing in this Act [amending sections 93, 99, 112 and 118 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 84 of this title] shall affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS

PROVISION

Amendment by Pub. L. 95-408 effective 180 days after Oct. 2, 1978, such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see section 5 of Pub. L. 95-408, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 89 of this title.

DISTRICT JUDGES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS, AND UNITED STATES MARSHALS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS; DESIGNATION; TENURE; APPOINTMENT; GRAND JURY Pub. L. 95-408, § 4(b)(2) to (4), as added Pub. L. 96-4, § 1, Mar. 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 6, provided that:

"(2) The district judge for the Eastern District of Illinois in office on the effective date of this Act [180

days after Oct. 2, 1978] who is senior in commission shall, on and after the effective date of this Act, be a district judge for the Southern District of Illinois. The remaining district judge for the Eastern District of Illinois who is in office on the effective date of this Act and the district judges for the Southern District of Illinois who are in office on the effective date of this Act shall, on and after the effective date of this Act, be district judges for the Central District of Illinois. The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a second district judge for the Southern District of Illinois.

"(3) This section does not in any manner affect the tenure of the United States attorney, the assistant United States attorneys, or the United States marshal for the Eastern District of Illinois or for the Southern District of Illinois who are in office on the effective date of this Act [180 days after Oct. 2, 1978]. The United States attorney, the assistant United States attorneys, and the United States marshal for the Eastern District and for the Southern District of Illinois shall, on the effective date of this Act, become the United States attorney, the assistant United States attorneys, and the United States marshal for the Southern District and for the Central District of Illinois, respectively.

"(4) Notwithstanding section 3240 of title 18, United States Code, any grand jury impaneled on or after the effective date of this Act [180 days after Oct. 2, 1978] by a district court for the Central District or the Southern District of Illinois may inquire into and return indictments charging offenses against the criminal laws of the United States alleged to have been committed anywhere within the territory of the respective judicial districts as such districts were constituted before or after the effective date of this Act." § 95. Iowa

Iowa is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa.

[See main edition for text of (a)]

Southern District

(b) The Southern District comprises six divisions.

[See main edition for text of (1) and (2)]
(3) The Western Division comprises the
counties of Audubon, Cass, Fremont,
Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page,
Pottawattamie, and Shelby.

Court for the Western Division shall be
held at Council Bluffs.

(4) The Southern Division comprises the counties of Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, and Wayne.

Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Creston.

[See main edition for text of (5) and (6)] (As amended Oct. 15, 1980, Pub. L. 96-462, § 3(a), 94 Stat. 2053.)

AMENDMENTS

1980--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 96-462, § 3(a)(1), added Fremont and Page counties to the Western Division of the Southern District.

Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 96-462, § 3(a)(2), struck out references to Fremont and Page counties in the list of counties comprising the Southern Division of the Southern District.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS

PROVISIONS

Amendment by Pub. L. 96-462 effective Oct. 1, 1981, but not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on Oct. 1, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96-462, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 84 of this title.

Section 3(b) of Pub. L. 96-462 provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall not apply to any action commenced before the effective date of such amendments [Oct. 1, 1981] and pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on such date."

§ 97. Kentucky

Kentucky is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.

Eastern District

(a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Clark, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Greenup, Harlan, Harrison, Henry, Jackson, Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, McCreary, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Mason, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Scott, Shelby, Trimble, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe, and Woodford.

Court for the Eastern District shall be held
at Ashland, Catlettsburg, Covington,
Frankfort, Jackson, Lexington, London,
Pikeville, and Richmond.

[See main edition for text of (b)]

(As amended Oct. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-408, § 2(a), 92 Stat. 883.)

AMENDMENTS

1978-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-408 provided for the holding of a term of court at Ashland in the Eastern District of Kentucky.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS
PROVISION

Amendment by Pub. L. 95-408 effective 180 days after Oct. 2, 1978, such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see section 5 of Pub. L. 95-408, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 89 of this title.

§ 98. Louisiana

Louisiana is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana.

[See main edition for text of (a) and (b)]

Western District

(c) The Western District comprises the parishes of Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell,

Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, Jefferson Davis, De Soto, East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Jackson, Lafayette, La Salle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, Tensas, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn.

Court for the Western District shall be held at Alexandria, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, Opelousas, and Shreveport. (As amended Oct. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-408, § 3(a), 92 Stat. 883.)

AMENDMENTS

1978-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-408 struck out the par. (1) to (6) designations which had divided the parishes of the Western District into six divisions.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 Amendment; Savings
PROVISION

Amendment by Pub. L. 95-408 effective 180 days after Oct. 2, 1978, such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see section 5 of Pub. L. 95-408, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 89 of this title.

§ 99. Maine

Maine constitutes one judicial district.

Court shall be held at Bangor and Portland. (As amended Nov. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-573, § 2, 92 Stat. 2458.)

AMENDMENTS

1978-Pub. L. 95-573 struck out provision for two separate divisions, (1) the Northern Division comprising the counties of Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo, and Washington and (2) the Southern Division comprising the counties of Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc, and York.

EFFECTIVE Date of 1978 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 95-573 effective 180 days after Nov. 2, 1978, see section 6 of Pub. L. 95-573, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 93 of this title.

§ 104. Mississippi

Mississippi is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the northern and southern districts of Mississippi.

Northern District

(a) The northern district comprises four divisions. (1) Eastern division comprises the counties of Alcorn, Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Tishomingo, and Winston.

Court for the eastern division shall be held at Aberdeen, Ackerman, and Corinth.

[See main edition for text of (2) to (4); (b)] (As amended Oct. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-408, § 2(b), 92 Stat. 883.)

AMENDMENTS 1978-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 95-408 provided for the holding of a term of court at Corinth in the Eastern Division of the Northern District.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS
PROVISION

Amendment by Pub. L. 95-408 effective 180 days after Oct. 2, 1978, such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see section 5 of Pub. L. 95-408, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 89 of this title.

§ 105. Missouri

Missouri is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.

Eastern District

(a) The Eastern District comprises three divisions.

(1) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln, Maries, Phelps, Saint Charles, Saint Francois, Saint Genevieve, Saint Louis, Warren, and Washington, and the city of Saint Louis.

Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Saint Louis.

(2) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Adair, Audrain, Chariton, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, and Shelby.

Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Hannibal.

[See main edition for text of (3); (b)]

(As amended Oct. 15, 1980, Pub. L. 96-462, § 4(a), 94 Stat. 2053.)

AMENDMENTS

1980-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 96-462, § 4(a)(1), struck out references to Audrain and Montgomery counties in the list of counties comprising the Eastern Division of the Eastern District.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 96-462, § 4(a)(2), added Audrain and Montgomery counties to the Northern Division of the Eastern District.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS
PROVISIONS

Amendment by Pub. L. 96-462 effective Oct. 1, 1981, but not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on Oct. 1, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96-462, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 84 of this title.

Section 4(b) of Pub. L. 96-462 provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall not apply to any action commenced before the effective date of such amendments [Oct. 1, 1981] and pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on such date."

§ 112. New York

New York is divided into four judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York.

Northern District

(a) The Northern District comprises the counties of Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, and Washington.

Court for the Northern District shall be held at Albany, Auburn, Binghamton, Malone, Syracuse, and Utica.

Southern District

(b) The Southern District comprises the counties of Bronx, Dutchess, New York, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, and Westchester and concurrently with the Eastern District, the waters within the Eastern District.

Court for the Southern District shall be held at New York and White Plains.

Eastern District

(c) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Kings, Nassau, Queens, Richmond, and Suffolk and concurrently with the Southern District, the waters within the counties of Bronx and New York.

Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Brooklyn and Hempstead (including the village of Uniondale).

[See main edition for text of (d)]

(As amended Apr. 28, 1978, Pub. L. 95-271, § 1, 92 Stat. 221; Oct. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-408, § 4(c), 92 Stat. 885; Nov. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-573, § 3, 92 Stat. 2458.)

AMENDMENTS

1978-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-408, § 4(c)(1), added the counties of Columbia, Greene and Ulster to those counties comprising the Northern District of New York.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-573 provided for the holding of a term of court at White Plains in the Southern District of New York.

Pub. L. 95-408, § 4(c)(2), deleted Columbia, Greene, and Ulster from those counties comprising the Southern District of New York.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-271 substituted "and Hempstead (including the village of Uniondale)" for "Mineola, and Westbury".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS
PROVISION

Amendment by Pub. L. 95-408 effective 180 days after Oct. 2, 1978, such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see section 5 of Pub. L. 95-408, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 89 of this title.

PRETERMISSION OF REGULAR SESSION OF COURT AT HEMPSTEAD AND HOLDING OF SPECIAL SESSION AT WESTBURY; PROCEDURES APPLICABLE, APPROPRIATIONS, ETC.

Sections 2 to 5 of Pub. L. 95-271 provided that:

"SEC. 2. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, by order made anywhere within its district, may pretermit the regular session of court at Hempstead until Federal quarters and accommodations are available and ready for occupancy, except that for the entire period and such pretermission, a special session of the court shall be held at Westbury. Pretermission may be ordered without regard to the provisions of section 140(a) of title 28, United States Code.

"SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 142 of title 28, United States Code, the Administrator of General Services, at the request of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, shall continue to provide existing quarters and accommodations at Westbury for the duration of the special session held pursuant to section 2 of this Act. Appropriations to the judicial branch of Government shall be available to the Director to make necessary disbursements for such quarters and accommodations, and to pay user charges as required by section 210 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490), at rates otherwise authorized by law.

"SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 456 of title 28, United States Code, any judge, and any officer or employee of the judicial branch, whose official station is, on the day before the date of enactment of this Act [Apr. 28, 1978], Westbury, may maintain that official station for the duration of the special session held pursuant to section 2 of this Act.

"SEC. 5. The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may pay travel and transportation expenses in accordance with subchapter II, chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, to any officer or employee of the judicial branch whose official station changes as a consequence of this Act [enacting this provision and amending subsec. (c) of this section] and who relocates his residence incident to such change of official station."

§ 113. North Carolina

North Carolina is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina.

Eastern District

(a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson and that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina.

Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Clinton, Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, New Bern, Raleigh, Washington, Wilmington, and Wilson.

Middle District

(b) The Middle District comprises the counties of Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Durham (excluding that portion of Durham County encompassing the Fed

eral Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina), Forsythe, Guilford, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin.

Court for the Middle District shall be held at Durham, Greensboro, and WinstonSalem.

Western District

(c) The Western District comprises the counties of Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Gaston, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Union, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey. Court for the Western District shall be held at Asheville, Bryson City, Charlotte, Shelby, and Statesville.

(As amended Oct. 15, 1980, Pub. L. 96-462, § 5(a)-(c), 94 Stat. 2053, 2054.)

AMENDMENTS

1980-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-462, § 5(a), added that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina to the Eastern District.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-462, § 5(b), struck out references to Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes counties in the list of counties comprising the Middle District; inserted "(excluding that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina)" in the first sentence as the probable intent of Congress; and struck out references to Rockingham, Salisbury, and Wilkesboro as locations where court for the Middle District shall be held.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-462, § 5(c), added Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes counties to the Western District.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS
PROVISIONS

Amendment by Pub. L. 96-462 effective Oct. 1, 1981, but not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on Oct. 1, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96-462, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 84 of this title.

Section 5(d) of Pub. L. 96-462 provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall not apply to any action commenced before the effective date of such amendments [Oct. 1, 1981] and pending in any judicial district of North Carolina on such date."

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(2) The Southeastern Division comprises
the counties of Barnes, Cass, Dickey,
Eddy, Foster, Griggs, La Moure,
Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele, and
Stutsman.
Court for the Southeastern Division shall
be held at Fargo.

(3) The Northeastern Division comprises
the counties of Benson, Cavalier, Grand
Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Ro-
lette, Towner, Traill, and Walsh.
Court for the Northeastern Division shall
be held at Grand Forks.
(4) The Northwestern Division comprises
the counties of Bottineau, Burke,
Divide, McHenry, McKenzie, Mountrail,
Pierce, Renville, Sheridan, Ward, Wells,
and Williams.

(As amended Oct. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-408, § 3(b), 92 Stat. 883.)

AMENDMENTS

1978-Par. (2). Pub. L. 95-408, 3(b)(1), deleted Sheridan and Wells from the counties comprising the Southeastern Division.

Par. (3). Pub. L. 95-408, § 3(b)(2), deleted Bottineau, McHenry and Pierce from the counties comprising the Northeastern Division.

Par. (4). Pub. L. 95-408, § 3(b)(3), added Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan and Wells to those counties comprising the Northwestern Division.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS

PROVISION

Amendment by Pub. L. 95-408 effective 180 days after Oct. 2, 1978, such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see section 5 of Pub. L. 95-408, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 89 of this title.

§ 118. Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania.

[See main edition for text of (a) and (b)]

Western District

(c) The Western District comprises the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland.

Court for the Western District shall be held at Erie, Johnstown, and Pittsburgh.

(As amended Nov. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-573, § 4, 92 Stat. 2458.)

AMENDMENTS

1978-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-573 provided for the holding of a term of court at Johnstown in the Western District of Pennsylvania.

§ 124. Texas

Texas is divided into four judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas.

[See main edition for text of (a)]

Southern District

(b) The Southern District comprises six divisions.

[See main edition for text of (1)]

(2) The Houston Division comprises the counties of Austin, Brazos, Colorado, Fayette, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker, Waller, and Wharton.

Court for the Houston Division shall be held at Houston.

[See main edition for text of (3) to (6)]

Eastern District

(c) The Eastern District comprises seven divisions. (1) The Tyler Division comprises the counties of Anderson, Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Van Zandt, and Wood.

Court for Tyler Division will be held at
Tyler.

(2) The Beaumont Division comprises the
counties of Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson,
Liberty, Newton, and Orange.
Court for the Beaumont Division is to be
held at Beaumont.

[See main edition for text of (3) to (6)]

(7) The Lufkin Division comprises the counties of Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler.

Court for the Lufkin Division shall be held at Lufkin.

[See main edition for text of (d)]

(As amended Oct. 15, 1980, Pub. L. 96-462, § 6, 94 Stat. 2054.)

AMENDMENTS

1980-Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 96-462, § 6(a), struck out references to Polk and Trinity counties in the list of counties comprising the Houston Division of the Southern District.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-462, § 6(b), in the provisions preceding par. (1) substituted "seven" for "six"; in par. (1) struck out references to Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, and Shelby counties in the list of counties comprising the Tyler Division of the Eastern District; in par. (2) struck out references to Sabine, San Augustine, and Tyler counties in the list of counties comprising the Beaumont Division of the Eastern District; and added par. (7).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS

PROVISION

Amendment by Pub. L. 96-462 effective Oct. 1, 1981, but not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on Oct. 1, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96-462, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 84 of this title.

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