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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

96 STAT. 1062

Appropriation.

Effective date. 31 USC 9101 note. 95 Stat. 439.

Effective date. 28 USC 1961 note. Ante, p. 55.

Repeal. Ante, p. 55.

PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982

Air National Guard of the United States for attending regular periods of duty and instruction shall be disbursed and accounted for by the Secretary concerned. Disbursements shall be made for 3-month periods for units of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, and on pay rolls prepared and authenticated under the regulations,". (j) Section 203 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting at the beginning of the text of the section the subsection designation "(a)"; and (2) by adding at the end of the section the following new subsection: "(b) An appropriation may be used for a settlement of more than $1,000,000 on a construction contract only if the settlement is audited independently for reeisonableness and appropriateness of expenditures and the settlement is not provided for specifically in an appropriation law.". (k) Section 409 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e) A judgment against the Government of the United States arising out of activities of the Postal Service shall be paid by the Postal Service out of any funds available to the Postal Service.". (1) Effective on the date prescribed by section 396(i) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-35, 95 Stat. 441), the following sections of title 31 (enacted by section 1 of this Act), United States Code, are amended as follows: (1) In section 9101(2), strike out— "(K) the National Consumer Cooperative Bank.". (2) In sections 9107(c)(3) and 9108(d)(2), strike out "the National Consumer Cooperative Bank,". (m) Effective on the later of October 1, 1982, or the date of enactment of this Act— (1) section 1961(b) of title 28, United States Code, as added by section 302(a)(3) of the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-164; 96 Stat. 56), is amended by striking out "title 28, United States Code, and section 1302 of the Act of July 27, 1956 (31 U.S.C. 724a)" and substituting "this title and section 1304(b)(l) of title 31"; (2) section 1304 of title 31 (as enacted by section 1 of this Act), United States Code, is amended— (A) in subsection (b)(l)(A), by striking out the words "under section 2411(b) of title 28"; and (B) in subsection (b)(l)(B), by striking out the words "Court of Claims" and substituting "Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit or the United States Claims Court"; and (3) sections 155, 160(11), and 302(c) and (d) of the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-164,96 Stat. 47, 48,56) are repealed. CONFORMING CROSS-REFERENCES

SEC. 3. (a) Title 5, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) In section 575(c)(13), strike out "section 3679(b) of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 6650t)))" and substitute "section 1342 of title 31".