 The act of 1982 also established a U.S. Claims Court (now the U.S. Court of Federal Claims), and reassigned the sitting trial judges of the U.S. Court of Claims to the new claims court.Congress extended the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit to the review of appeals from the United States Court of International Trade, the United States Merit Systems Protection Board, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, and certain administrative decisions of the secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce, as well as all appeals related to patents.Congress rejected the controversial proposals to grant the Federal Circuit court jurisdiction over appeals of tax and environmental cases.