Customs Courts Act of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Customs Courts Act of 1979 - Title I: Purpose - States the purposes of this Act. Title II: Composition of the Court of International Trade and Assignment of Judges to Other Courts - Redesignates the United States Customs Court as the United States Court of International Trade. Authorizes the Chief Justice to assign temporarily any Court of International Trade judge to perform duties in a court of appeals (as well as in a district court as currently provided). Authorizes the chief judge of the Court of International Trade to assign temporarily any judge of such court to serve as a judge of the Court of Claims (as well as the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals as currently provided). Title III: Jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade - Grants to the Court of International Trade, in addition to the jurisdiction currently possessed by the Customs Court, exclusive jurisdiction to review: (1) certain countervailing and antidumping duty determinations pursuant to the Trade Agreements Act of 1979; (2) advice, findings, recommendations, and determinations of the International Trade Commission pursuant to specified provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, the Tariff Act of 1930, and th…