section 301(4) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971. 
SEC. 5. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) SPECIAL RULES
FOR ACTIONS BROUGHT
ON 
CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS.—If any action is brought for 
declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge the constitu-
tionality of any provision of this Act or any amendment 
made by this Act, the following rules shall apply: 
(1) The action shall be filed in the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia 
and shall be heard by a 3-judge court convened pur-
suant to section 2284 of title 28, United States 
Code. 
(2) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered 
promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives and the Secretary of the Senate. 
(3) A final decision in the action shall be re-
viewable only by appeal directly to the Supreme 
Court of the United States. Such appeal shall be 
taken by the filing of a notice of appeal within 10 
days, and the filing of a jurisdictional statement 
within 30 days, of the entry of the final decision. 
(4) It shall be the duty of the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia and the 
Supreme Court of the United States to advance on 
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the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible 
extent the disposition of the action and appeal. 
(b) INTERVENTION BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—In 
any action in which the constitutionality of any provision 
of this Act or any amendment made by this Act is raised 
(including but not limited to an action described in sub-
section (a)), any Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Con-
gress) or Senate shall have the right to intervene either 
in support of or opposition to the position of a party to 
the case regarding the constitutionality of the provision 
or amendment. To avoid duplication of efforts and reduce 
the burdens placed on the parties to the action, the court 
in any such action may make such orders as it considers 
necessary, including orders to require intervenors taking 
similar positions to file joint papers or to be represented 
by a single attorney at oral argument. 
(c) CHALLENGE BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Any 
Member of Congress may bring an action, subject to the 
special rules described in subsection (a), for declaratory 
or injunctive relief to challenge the constitutionality of any 
provision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) INITIAL CLAIMS.—With respect to any ac-
tion initially filed on or before December 31, 2010, 
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the provisions of subsection (a) shall apply with re-
spect to each action described in such subsection. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
ACTIONS.—With respect to 
any action initially filed after December 31, 2010, 
the provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to 
any action described in such subsection unless the 
person filing such action elects such provisions to 
apply to the action. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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