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PUBLIC LAW 104-130—APR. 9, 1996 110 STAT. 1211 "(1) with a separate section described in subsection (b)(2), then the President may use the authority granted in section 1021(a)(3) only to cancel any limited tax benefit in that law, if any, identified in such separate section; or "(2) without a separate section described in subsection (b)(2), then the President may use the authority granted in section 1021(a)(3) to cancel any limited tax benefit in that law that meets the definition in section 1026. "(d) CONGRESSIONAL IDENTIFICATIONS OF LIMITED TAX BENE- FITS. —T here shall be no judicial review of the congressional identification under subsections (a) and (b) of a limited tax benefit in a conference report.". SEC. 3. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 2 USC 692. (a) EXPEDITED REVIEW.— (1) Any Member of Congress or any individual adversely affected by part C of title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 may bring an action, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief on the ground that any provision of this part violates the Constitution. (2) A copy of any complaint in an action brought under paragraph (1) shall be promptly delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and each House of Congress shall have the right to intervene in such action. (3) Nothing in this section or in any other law shall infringe upon the right of the House of Representatives to intervene in an action brought under paragraph (1) without the necessity of adopting a resolution to authorize such intervention. (b) APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia which is issued pursuant to an action brought under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be reviewable by appeal directly to the Supreme Court of the United States. Any such appeal shall be taken by a notice of appeal filed within 10 calendar days after such order is entered; and the jurisdictional statement shall be filed within 30 calendar days after such order is entered. No stay of an order issued pursuant to an action brought under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be issued by a single Justice of the Supreme Court. (c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.— It shall be the duty of the District Court for the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the United States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible extent the disposition of any matter brought under subsection (a). SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. (a) SHORT TITLES.— Section 1(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by— 2 USC 621 note. (1) striking "and" before "title X" and inserting a period; (2) inserting "Parts A and B of before "title X"; and (3) inserting at the end the following new sentence: "Part C of title X may be cited as the 'Line Item Veto Act of 1996'.". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS. —The table of contents set forth in section Kb) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following: 88 Stat. 297.