ABOLITION OF TEMPORARY EMERGENCY COURT OF APPEALS.

SEC. 102. ABOLITION OF TEMPORARY EMERGENCY COURT OF APPEALS. (a) Appeals Under Economic Stabilization Act.— Section 211 of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 (Public Law 91–379; 84 Stat. 799) is amended by striking subsections (b) through (h) and inserting the following: “(b) Appeals from orders or judgments entered by a district court of the United States in cases and controversies arising under this title shall be brought in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit if the appeal is from a final decision of the district court or is an interlocutory appeal permitted under section 1292(c) of title 28, United States Code.”. (b) Judicial Review of Emergency Orders Under the Natural Gas Policy Act.— Section 506(c) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3416(c)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking “the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals, established pursuant to section 211(b) of the Economic Stabilization Act or 1970, as amended,” and inserting “the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit”; and (2) by striking “Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals” each place it appears and inserting “United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit”. 106 STAT. 4507 (c) Conforming Amendments.— Section 1295(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (9); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10) and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(11) of an appeal under section 211 of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970; “(12) of an appeal under section 5 of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973; “(13) of an appeal under section 506(c) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978; and “(14) of an appeal under section 523 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.” (d) Abolition of Court.— The Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals created by section 211(b) of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 is abolished, effective 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (e) Pending Cases.— (1) Any appeal which, before the effective date of abolition described in subsection (d), is pending in the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals but has not been submitted to a panel of such court as of that date shall be assigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as though the appeal had originally been filed in that court. (2) Any case which, before the effective date of abolition described in subsection (d), has been submitted to a panel of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals and as to which the mandate has not been issued as of that date shall remain with that panel for all purposes and, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 291 and 292 of title 28, United States Code, that panel shall be assigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for the purpose of deciding such case.