Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 24 — Congressional Accountability
§ 1438. Severability
Statutory text
If any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, the remainder of this chapter and the application of the provisions of the remainder to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 104–1 title V § 511 · 109 Stat. 3
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1438
Pub. L. 104–1, title V, § 511, formerly § 509, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 44
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 104–1, title V, § 511, formerly § 509, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 44Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 509. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of the provisions of the remainder to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 104–1, , 109 Stat. 3, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1301 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–397 effective upon expiration of the 180-day period beginning on , with provisions for effect on pending proceedings, see section 401 of Pub. L. 115–397, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
Credits
1995–2018 · 2 acts
- 1995Pub. L. 104–1, title V, § 511, formerly § 509, , 109 Stat. 44
- 2018renumbered § 510, renumbered § 511, Pub. L. 115–397, title III, §§ 306(a)(1), 307(a)(1), , 132 Stat. 5324, 5325.
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(Pub. L. 104–1, title V, § 511, formerly § 509, , 109 Stat. 44; renumbered § 510, renumbered § 511, Pub. L. 115–397, title III, §§ 306(a)(1), 307(a)(1), , 132 Stat. 5324, 5325.)