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 PUBLIC LAW 102-166—NOV. 21, 1991 105 STAT. 1099 SEC. 324. REPORTS OF SENATE COMMITTEES. 2 USC 1223. (a) Each report accompanying a bill or joint resolution of a public character reported by any committee of the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget) shall contain a listing of the provisions of the bill or joint resolution that apply to Congress and an evaluation of the impact of such provisions on Congress. (b) The provisions of this section are enacted by the Senate as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, with full recognition of the right of the Senate to change its rules, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as in the case of any other rule of the Senate. SEC. 325. INTERVENTION AND EXPEDITED REVIEW OF CERTAIN APPEALS. 2 USC 1224. (a) INTERVENTION.— Because of the constitutional issues that may be raised by section 309 and section 320, any Member of the Senate may intervene as a matter of right in any proceeding under section 309 for the sole purpose of determining the constitutionality of such section. Q)) THRESHOLD MATTER.— In any proceeding under section 309 or section 320, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall determine any issue presented concerning the constitutionality of such section as a threshold matter. (c) APPEAL.— (1) IN GENERAL. — An appeal may by taken directly to the Supreme Court of the United States from any interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling upon the constitutionality of section 309 or 320. (2) JURISDICTION.—The Supreme Court shall, if it has not previously ruled on the question, accept jurisdiction over the appeal referred to in paragraph (1), advance the appeal on the docket and expedite the appeal to the greatest extent possible. TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 401. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances, shall not be affected. SEC. 402. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) IN GENERAL.— Except as otherwise specifically provided, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon enactment. (b) CERTAIN DISPARATE IMPACT CASES. —Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, nothing in this Act shall apply to any disparate impact case for which a complaint was filed before March 1, 1975, and for which an initial decision was rendered after October 30, 1983. 42 USC 1981 note. 42 USC 1981 note.

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