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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 625

Introduced

LACA

Sponsor
RMichael T. McCaul· Texas
Introduced
January 22, 2025
Policy area
Law
Latest action
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.July 15, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 625 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 625

To clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas 
and California.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 22, 2025

Mr. McCaul (for himself and Mr. Ruiz) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas 
and California.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Local Access to Courts Act'' or 
``LACA''.

SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF TEXAS DISTRICT COURTS.

Section 124(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended, in 
the matter preceding paragraph (3), by inserting ``and College 
Station'' before the period at the end.

SEC. 3. ORGANIZATION OF CALIFORNIA DISTRICT COURTS.

Section 84(d) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``and El Centro'' after ``at San Diego''.
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