Bill Details
HR.625 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2026-08-27 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 685.
Introduced Date
2025-01-22
Policy Area
Law
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This bill would update federal court locations in Texas and California by adding two more places where certain district court sessions may be held. In Texas, it would allow court to be held in College Station. In California, it would allow court to be held in El Centro. The goal is to make it easier for people in those areas to access federal court.
- In Texas, the bill adds College Station as an approved place for holding court in certain federal district court matters.
- In California, the bill adds El Centro as an approved place for holding court in certain federal district court matters.
- The bill is focused only on court location rules and does not change the basic powers of the courts.
Official Summaries
Local Access to Courts Act or LACA
This bill adds College Station to the list of places where court must be held in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas.
Additionally, the bill adds El Centro to the list of places where court must be held in the Southern District of California.
Current Full Text
[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
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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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