Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Division Realignment Act of 2013”.
Division Realignment Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the composition of the southern judicial district of Mississippi, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Realignment of Southern District of Mississippi
Section 104(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“(b) Southern District—The southern district comprises four divisions.
“(1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Sharkey, Smith, Warren, and Yazoo.
“(2) The Southern Division comprises the counties of George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone.
“(3) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, Wayne, and Walthall.
“(4) The Western Division comprises the counties of Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, and Wilkinson.”
Sec. 3 Effective date
This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.