Divisional Realignment for the Eastern District of Arkansas Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6327
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2018-07-10
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arkansas

Federal district courts

Judicial procedure and administration
Latest action: action_date: 2018-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Divisional Realignment for the Eastern District of Arkansas Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal judicial code to consolidate the five existing divisions in the Eastern District of Arkansas into three divisions.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6327 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2018 Mr. Crawford (for himself, Mr. Westerman , Mr. Womack , and Mr. Hill ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the composition of the Eastern judicial district of Arkansas, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Divisional Realignment for the Eastern District of Arkansas Act of 2018 . 2. Realignment of the eastern district of Arkansas Section 83(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: Eastern District (a) The Eastern District comprises three divisions. (1) The Central Division comprises the counties of Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas, Drew, Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Perry, Pope Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Stone, Van Buren, White, and Yell. Court for the Central Division shall be held at Little Rock. (2) The Delta Division comprises the counties of Arkansas, Chicot, Crittenden, Desha, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, and St. Francis. Court for the Delta Division shall be held at Helena. (3) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Clay, Craighead, Cross, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph, Sharp, and Woodruff. Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Jonesboro. . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.