,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,thompson of ,mississippi 7for himself1
 ,mr4 ,harper1 and ,mr4 ,palazzo7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 to modify   
the composition of the southern judicial
 district of ,mississippi1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,division           
,realignment ,act of #bjac4  #b4        
,realignment of ,southern ,district of  
,mississippi ,section #ajd7;b7 of title 
#bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
to read as follows3  7b7 ,southern      
,district ,the southern district        
comprises four divisions4  7#a7 ,the    
,northern ,division comprises the       
counties of ,copiah1 ,hinds1 ,holmes1   
,issaquena1 ,kemper1 ,lauderdale1       
,leake1 ,madison1 ,neshoba1 ,newton1    
,noxubee1 ,rankin1 ,scott1 ,simpson1    

,sharkey1 ,smith1 ,warren1 and ,yazoo4  
,court for the ,northern ,division shall
 be held at ,jackson4  7#b7 ,the        
,southern ,division comprises the       
counties of ,george1 ,greene1 ,hancock1 
,harrison1 ,jackson1 ,pearl ,river1 and 
,stone4  ,court for the ,southern       
,division shall be held at ,gulfport4   
7#c7 ,the ,eastern ,division comprises  
the counties of ,clarke1 ,covington1    
,forrest1 ,jasper1 ,jefferson ,davis1   
,jones1 ,lamar1 ,lawrence1 ,marion1     
,perry1 ,wayne1 and ,walthall4  ,court  
for the ,eastern ,division shall be held
 at ,hattiesburg4  7#d7 ,the ,western   
,division comprises the counties of     
,adams1 ,amite1 ,claiborne1 ,franklin1  
,jefferson1 ,lincoln1 ,pike1 and        
,wilkinson4  ,court for the ,western    
,division shall be held at ,natchez4  4 
#c4 ,effective date ,this ,act and the  
amendment made by this ,act shall take  
effect on the date of the enactment of  
this ,act4