48 1 action is in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limi2 tations, or short of statutory rights may be brought not later 3 than the sixtieth day following the date of such action, except 4 as required by the Constitution of the United States. 5 (b) For the purposes of this title, any action by any Fed6 eral agency or officer relating to a priority energy project 7 shall constitute an action pursuant to this Act. 8 9 TIME BAR; JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS SEC. 620. (a) Any claim arising out of action pursuant 10 to this title shall be barred unless a complaint is filed prior to 11 the expiration of the time limits prescribed by this title. 12 (b) Any such complaint shall be filed in the United 13 States court of appeals for the circuit in which the priority 14 energy project or the most significant portion thereof would 15 be located. Such court shall act as a special court and shall 16 have exclusive original jurisdiction to determine such pro17 ceeding in accordance with procedures hereinafter provided, 18 and no other court of the United States of any State, terri19 tory, or possession of the United States, or of the District of 20 Columbia, shall have original jurisdiction of any such claim in 21 any proceeding instituted prior to or on or after the date of 22 enactment of this Act. 23 (c) Any such proceeding shall be assigned for hearing 24 and completed at the earliest possible date, shall, to the 25 greatest extent practicable, take precedence over all other 49 1 matters pending on the docket of the court at that time, and 2 shall be expedited in every way by such court and such court 3 shall render its decision relative to any claim within ninety 4 days from the date such claim is brought unless such court 5 determines that a longer period of time is required to satisfy 6 requirements of the United States Constitution. 7 8 SUPREME COURT REVIEW SEC. 621. (a) The Supreme Court shall have exclusive 9 authority to review any interlocutory judgment or order of 10 the court of appeals pursuant to this title and the appellant 11 must file a petition for certiorari or a certification as provided 12 in section 1254 of title 28, United States Code, within fifteen 13 days after the decision of the court of appeals or his appeal 14 shall be barred. 15 (b) Any review by the Supreme Court shall be assigned 16 for hearing and completed at the earliest possible date, shall, 17 to the greatest extent practicable take precedence over all 18 other matters pending on the docket of the court at that time, 19 and shall be expedited in every way by such court and the 20 court shall render its decision relative to any claim within 21 forty-five days from the date such claim is brought unless the 22 court determines that a longer period of time is required to 23 satisfy requirements of the United States Constitution. 1 2 50 INJUNCTIVE RELIEF SEC. 622. No court shall have jurisdiction to grant any 3 injunctive relief against the issuance of any right-of-way 4 permit, lease, or other authorization pursuant to this title 5 except in conjunction with a final judgment entered in a case 6 involving a claim filed pursuant to this title. 7 OFFICE FOR PRIORITY ENERGY PROJECTS WITHIN THE 9 SEC. 623. The Secretary shall establish an Office for 10 Priority Energy Projects within the Department of Energy 11 which shall assist the Secretary in the performance of his 12 duties under this title. 13 14 EFFECTIVE DATE SEC. 624. The provisions of this title shall become effec 15 tive thirty days following the signing of this title into law by 16 the President of the United States. 17 18 19 20 TITLE VII-PRODUCTION GOALS OF THE AUTHORITY ESTABLISHMENT OF OVERALL PRODUCTION GOALS SEC. 701. (a) The Authority shall in accordance with 21 this title and with such rules and regulations as it shall pro22 mulgate hereunder 23 (1) establish a comprehensive set of goals of com 24 mercial production for synthetic fuels such as oil shale, 25 coal gas, coal liquids, and such processes as urban 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 23 13 14 15 51 waste reuse, geothermal power, solar power in its commercialable forms, biomass conversion and other such resources that America should meet by the year 1990 in order to move toward the goal of energy self sufficiency; (2) submit these goals, along with a comprehensive timetable for each technology and process, to the Congress of the United States for its approval within ninety days of the establishment of the Authority and the approval of its Board of Directors in section 501; (3) coordinate with the Secretary of Energy to insure that the Secretary can adequately fulfill his re sponsibilities to the Authority under section 604 through section 609 of this Act. (b) The Congress shall concur in the timetables and 16 goals of the Authority or send its recommendations on 17 changes to the Authority's timetables and goals within forty18 five days, through the mechanism of a joint resolution passed 19 by both Houses of Congress. 20 (c) The Authority shall take any such recommendations 21 made by the Congress under section 701(b) and make final 22 publication of goals and timetables as amended by the Con23 gress in the Federal Register within 30 days. 24 (d) If Congress fails to approve the timetable and goals 25 under (b) above within forty-five days, the goals established 52 1 by the Authority under (a)(1) above shall become the goals of 2 the Authority and such goals shall be published in the Feder3 al Register within thirty days of the expiration of the period 4 within which Congress must act under (b) above. 5 6 OWNERSHIP POWERS OF THE AUTHORITY SEC. 702. (a) Among the powers circumscribed in sec7 tion 203 of this Act shall be the power of the Authority to 8 supervise construction, management, operation, and produc9 tion of fuels from an Authority-owned synthetic fuels facility 10 to meet part of the fuels needs of the Department of Defense, 11 if the following conditions obtain 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 22220 (1) no eligible private firm, as described under sections 303 (a) and (b) and 304 (a) and (b), has made application for financial aid for a synthetic fuels process that, in the judgment of the Authority, is critical to providing commercial fuels in sufficient quantity to help meet the goals of section 701; (2) that failure of any eligible private firm to make application for Authority aid be reported to the President, Department of Energy, and Congress and 21 published in the Federal Register; 22 23 24 (3) that, within sixty days, the President concurs in, and that neither House of Congress through Reso lution of Disapproval vitiates the judgment of the Au |