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  • H. R. 7177 — An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District of Alabama.
    Status:Engrossed in House
    Words:334

    H. R. 7177 aims to change the way certain divisions are organized in the Northern District of Alabama as outlined in title 28 of the United States Code. The bill proposes reducing the number of divisions from seven to five and makes adjustments to the counties included in...

    Simple Explanation

    H. R. 7177 wants to change how a certain part of Alabama is divided up for things like court cases, so instead of having seven parts, there will be five, and some places are being moved around into different groups.

  • H. R. 7177 — An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District of Alabama.
    Status:Referred in Senate
    Words:325

    H. R. 7177 is a bill designed to reorganize the Northern District of Alabama's court divisions by modifying section 81(a) of title 28 of the United States Code. The legislation aims to reduce the number of divisions from seven to five and updates the counties assigned to each...

    Simple Explanation

    Imagine there are seven toy boxes in a playroom, and they're being combined into five bigger boxes to keep things tidy and organized. This bill wants to do something similar for court regions in Alabama by changing how counties are grouped together.

  • H. RES. 1390 — Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Legal Services Corporation.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:243

    H. RES. 1390 is a resolution passed by the House of Representatives to mark the 50th anniversary of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). It highlights the importance of the LSC in providing free legal aid to low-income Americans who otherwise could not afford it. The resolution acknowledges...

    Simple Explanation

    The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has been around for 50 years, helping people who don't have much money get legal help for free. This resolution celebrates its work and says it's important to keep giving them money so everyone can get the help they need, no matter how much they earn.

  • H. R. 7177 — An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District of Alabama.
    Status:Enrolled Bill
    Words:315

    H.R. 7177 aims to reorganize the divisions in the Northern District of Alabama. Specifically, it changes Section 81(a) of title 28 in the United States Code by reducing the number of divisions from seven to five and adjusts the counties included in each division. This...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 7177 is like a puzzle game where they are moving some counties in Alabama into new groups to make things work better. They're taking seven groups and turning them into five, kind of like having fewer but bigger teams at school.