A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the composition of, and places of holding court in, certain judicial districts.
Judicial Housekeeping Act of 1986 - Amends the judicial code to establish the Beaufort Division in the District of South Carolina, comprising the counties of Beaufort and Jasper. States that court for the Beaufort Division shall be held at Beaufort.
Moves Jefferson County from the Statesboro Division of the Southern District of Georgia to the Augusta Division of the Southern District. Moves Evans, Screven, and Tattnall Counties from the Savannah Division of the Southern District of Georgia to the Statesboro Division of the Southern District.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.
House Committee on The Judiciary Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
House Committee on The Judiciary Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Presented to President.
Enacted as Public Law 99-657
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Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 99-657.
Became Public Law No: 99-657.