An Act for the relief of Richard C. Walker
PL 92-208 (H.R.3749), enacted 12/18/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-208-DEC. 18, 1971 
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Public Law 92-208 
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A C T 
December 18, 1971 
For the relief of Richard C. Walker and to create an additional judicial district 
[H. R. 3749] 
in the State of Louisiana. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re'presentatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That former Staff 
s- ^^^- Richard c. 
Sergeant Richard C. Walker, United States Marine Corps (200-74- "^jSir/dll"-
33), of Thibodaux, Louisiana, is relieved of liability to the United tricts, La. 
States in the amount of $547.52 representing certain excess pay and 
allowances paid to him during his active service in the United States 
Marine Corps as the result of administrative errors and without fault 
on his part. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certify-
ing or disbursing officer of the United States, credit shall be given for 
amounts for which liability is relieved by this section. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed 
to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
to the said Richard C. Walker an amount equal to the aggregate of any 
amounts paid by him, or withheld from sums otherwise due him, with 
respect to the indebtedness to the United States specified in the first 
section of this Act. 
(b) Xo part of the amount appropriated in subsection (a) of this 
section shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or 
attorney on account of services rendered in connection with such claims, 
and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwith-
standing. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be 
fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 98 of title 28 of the United States Code is 
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amended to read as follows: 
"§ 98. Louisiana 
"Louisiana is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the 
Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana. 
"Eastern District 
"(a) The Eastern District comprises the parishes of Assumption, 
Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint 
Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tan-
gipahoa, Terrebonne, and Washington. 
"Court for the P^astern District shall be held at Xew Orleans. 
"Middle District 
"(b) The Middle District comprises the parishes of Ascension, East 
Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, 
Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. 
"Court for the Middle District shall be held at Baton Rouge. 
"Western District 
"(c) The Western District comprises six divisions. 
"(1) The Opelousas Division comprises the parishes of Evangeline 
and Saint Landry. 
"Court for the Opelousas Division shall be held at Opelousas. 
"(2) The Alexandria Division comprises the parishes of Avoyelles, 
Catahoula, Grant, La Salle, Rapides, and Winn. 
"Court for the Alexandria Division shall be held at Alexandria. 
"(3) The Shreveport Division comprises the parishes of Bienville, 
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Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, I)e Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, 
and Webster. 
"Court for the Shreveport Division shall be held at Shreveport. 
"(4) The Monroe Division comprises the parishes of Caldwell, 
Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, More-
house, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, LTnion, and West Carroll. 
"'Court for the Monroe Division shall be held at Monroe. 
"(5) The Lake Charles Division comprises the parishes of Allen, 
Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, and Vernon. 
"Court for the Lake Charles Division shall be held at Lake Charles. 
"(6) The Lafayette Division comprises the parishes of Acadia, 
Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, and Vermilion. 
"Court for the Lafayette Division shall be held at Lafayette." 
(b) The district judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana holding 
office on the da;^ immediately prior to the effective date of this section, 
and whose official station on such date is Baton Rou^e, shall, on and 
after such date, be the district judge for the Middle District of Louisi-
ana. All other district judges for the Eastern District of Louisiana 
holding office on the day immediately prior to the effective date of 
this section shall be district judges for the Eastern District of Louisi-
ana as constituted by this section. 
(c) (1) Nothing in this section shall in any manner affect the tenure 
of office of the United States attorney and the L^nited States marshal 
for the Eastern District of Louisiana who are in office on the effective 
date of this section, and who shall be during the remainder of their 
present terms of office the United States attorney and marshal for the 
Eastern District of Louisiana as constituted by this section. 
(2) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, a United States attorney and marshal for the 
Middle District of Louisiana. 
(d) The table contained in section 133 of title 28 of the United States 
84 Stat. 295. 
Code is amended to read as follows with respect to the State of 
Louisiana: 
"Districts 
Judges 
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4: 
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* 
* 
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4: 
"Louisiana: 
"Eastern 
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"Middle 
1 
"Western 
4". 
75 Stat. 83. 
(e) Sectiou 134(c) of title 28 of the United States Code is amended 
by deleting the first sentence. 
Effective date. 
^f^ rpj^^ provisious of tMs section shall become effective one hun-
dred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved December 18, 1971. 
Public Law 92-209 
December 18, 1971 
A N A C T 
[s. 1237] 
To provide Federal financial assistance for the reconstruction or repair of private 
nonprofit medical care facilities which are damaged or destroyed by a major 
disaster. 
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
ca/care^rTiiities. United States of Amsrica in Congress assembled^ That title I I of 
Disaster relief, 
the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 is amended by adding at the end thereof 
42 use lltu 
the following new section: