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 PUBLIC LAW 95-563—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2391

(i) Section 1491 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by Jurisdiction, adding the following sentence at the end of the first paragraph thereof: "The Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to render j u d ^ e n t upon any claim by or against, or dispute with, a contractor arising under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978.". SEVERABILITY CLAUSE

SEC. 15. If any provision of this Act, or the application of such 41 USC 613. provision to any persons or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or j,, .j, circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACT

SEC. 16. This Act shall apply to contracts entered into one hundred 41 USC 601 note, twenty days after the date of enactment. Notwithstanding any provision in a contract made before the effective date of this Act, the contractor may elect to proceed under this Act with respect to any claim pending then before the contracting officer or initiated ^ thereafter. Approved November 1, 1978.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:



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HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1556 (Coram, on the Judiciary). SENATE REPORT No. 95-1118, accompanying S. 3178 (Coram, on Governmental Affairs and Coram, on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): Sept. 26, considered and passed House. t. Oct. 12, considered and passed Senate, araended. Oct. 13, House concurred in Senate araendraents. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 14, No. 44: Nov. 1, Presidential Stateraent.

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