S. 1340

A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina.

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One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America

1st Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one

S. 1340

AN ACT

To amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina.

1.

Judicial districts of North Carolina

(a)

In general

Section 113 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a), by striking and Wilson and and inserting Wilson, those portions of Hoke, Moore, Scotland, and Richmond counties encompassing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall, and; and

(2)

by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:

(b)

Middle district

The Middle District comprises the counties of Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Durham (excluding that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina), Forsyth, Guilford, Hoke (excluding that portion of Hoke County encompassing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall), Lee, Montgomery, Moore (excluding that portion of Moore County encompassing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall), Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond (excluding that portion of Richmond County encompassing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall), Rockingham, Rowan, Scotland (excluding that portion of Scotland County encompassing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall), Stanly, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin.

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(b)

Application

The amendments made by subsection (a) shall not apply to any action commenced or pending in any judicial district of North Carolina before the date of enactment of this Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate