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[CITE: 28USC1492]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
            CHAPTER 91--UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
 
Sec. 1492. Congressional reference cases

    Any bill, except a bill for a pension, may be referred by either 
House of Congress to the chief judge of the United States Court of 
Federal Claims for a report in conformity with section 2509 of this 
title.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 941; Pub. L. 89-681, Sec. 1, Oct. 15, 
1966, 80 Stat. 958; Pub. L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 133(b), Apr. 2, 1982, 
96 Stat. 40; Pub. L. 102-572, title IX, Sec. 902(a)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 
106 Stat. 4516.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 257 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 151, 36 Stat. 1138).
    This section contains only the jurisdictional provision of section 
257 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. The procedural provisions are 
incorporated in section 2509 of this title.
    Changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-572 substituted ``United States Court of Federal 
Claims'' for ``United States Claims Court''.
    1982--Pub. L. 97-164 substituted ``chief judge of the United States 
Claims Court'' for ``chief commissioner of the Court of Claims''.
    1966--Pub. L. 89-681 substituted provisions allowing any bill, 
except a bill for a pension, to be referred by either House of Congress 
to the chief commissioner of the Court of Claims for a report in 
conformity with section 2509 of this title for provisions giving the 
Court of Claims jurisdiction to report to either House of Congress on 
any bill referred by such House, except a bill for a pension, and to 
render judgment if the claim against the United States represented by 
the referred bill was one over which the court had jurisdiction under 
other Acts of Congress.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section 
911 of Pub. L. 102-572, set out as a note under section 171 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 
of Pub. L. 97-164, set out as a note under section 171 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2509 of this title; title 17 
section 502.
