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Sec. 4 · H.R. 7640

Construction; severability

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Introduced · Sec. 4

Any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, held to be invalid or unenforceable by its terms, or as applied to any person or circumstance, shall be construed so as to give it the maximum effect permitted by law, unless such holding is that the provision of law is invalid or unenforceable, in which event such provision shall be deemed severable from this Act and shall not affect the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other, dissimilar circumstances.

•HR 7640 IHSEC. 4
Committee version · Sec. 4

Any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, held to be invalid or unenforceable by its terms, or as applied to any person or circumstance, shall be construed so as to give it the maximum effect permitted by law, unless such holding is that the provision of law is invalid or unenforceable, in which event such provision shall be deemed severable from this Act and shall not affect the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other, dissimilar circumstances.

•HR 7640 RHSEC. 4

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