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 PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

119 STAT. 3393

Authority, and the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals, shall terminate. (2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—(A) This section and the amendments made by this section shall not affect any proceedings pending on the effective date described in subsection (g) before any agency board of contract appeals terminated by paragraph (1). (B) In the case of any such proceedings pending before an agency board of contract appeals other than the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals or the board of contract appeals of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the proceedings shall be continued by the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, and orders which were issued in any such proceeding by the agency board shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. (d) AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACTS DISPUTES ACT.— (1) AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601) is amended— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, the United States Postal Service, and the Postal Rate Commission’’; (B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (9); (C) by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows: ‘‘(6) the terms ‘agency board’ or ‘agency board of contract appeals’ mean— ‘‘(A) the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals established under section 8(a)(1) of this Act; ‘‘(B) the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals established under section 42 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403 et seq.); ‘‘(C) the board of contract appeals of the Tennessee Valley Authority; or ‘‘(D) the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals established under section 8(c) of this Act;’’; and (D) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraphs: ‘‘(7) the term ‘Armed Services Board’ means the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals established under section 8(a)(1) of this Act; ‘‘(8) the term ‘Civilian Board’ means the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals established under section 42 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403 et seq.); and’’. (2) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO JURISDICTION.—Section 8 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 607) is amended— (A) in subsection (d)— (i) by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The Armed Services Board shall have jurisdiction to decide any appeal from a decision of a contracting officer of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relative to a contract made by that department or agency. The Civilian Board shall have jurisdiction to decide any appeal from

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