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 PUBLIC LAW 104-320—OCT. 19, 1996 110 STAT. 3875 "(4) In any action under this subsection, the courts shall review the agency's decision pursuant to the standards set forth in section 706 of title 5.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— This section and the amendments made 28 USC I49i by this section shall take effect on December 31, 1996 and shall note, apply to all actions filed on or after that date. (c) STUDY.—No earlier than 2 years after the effective date of this section, the United States General Accounting Office shall undertake a study reggirding the concurrent jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States and the Court of Federal Claims over bid protests to determine whether concurrent jurisdiction is necessary. Such a study shall be completed no later than December 31, 1999, and shall specifically consider the effect of any proposed change on the ability of smaJl businesses to challenge violations of Federal procurement law. (d) SUNSET. —The jurisdiction of the district courts of the United 28 USC 1491 States over the actions described in section 1491(b)(1) of title 28, "o**. United States Code (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) shall terminate on January 1, 2001 xinless extended by Congress. The savings provisions in subsection (e) shall apply if the bid Applicability, protest jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States terminates under this subsection. (e) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 28 USC usi (1) ORDERS. —^A termination under subsection (d) shall not note, terminate the effectiveness of orders that have been issued by a court in connection with an action within the jurisdiction of that court on or before December 31, 2000. Such orders shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked by a court of competent jurisdiction or by operation of law. (2) PROCEEDINGS AND APPLICATIONS. —(A) a termination under subsection (d) shall not affect the jurisdiction of a court of the United States to continue with any proceeding that is pending before the court on December 31, 2000. (B) Orders may be issued in any such proceeding, appeals may be taken therefrom, and payments may be made pursueint to such orders, as if such termination had not occurred. An order issued in any such proceeding shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked by a court of competent jurisdiction or by operation of law. (C) Nothing in this paragraph prohibits the discontinuance or modification of any such proceeding under the same terms and conditions and to the same extent that proceeding could have been discontinued or modified absent such termination.

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