Skip to content
LexBuild

2 USC § 1438 - Severability 

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s1438"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "2 USC § 1438 - Severability"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "1438"
section_name: "Severability"
chapter_number: 24
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 104–1, title V, § 511, formerly § 509, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 44; renumbered § 510, renumbered § 511, Pub. L. 115–397, title III, §§ 306(a)(1), 307(a)(1), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5324, 5325.)"
---

# § 1438. Severability

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.

---

**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–1, title V, § 511, formerly § 509, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 44; renumbered § 510, renumbered § 511, Pub. L. 115–397, title III, §§ 306(a)(1), 307(a)(1), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5324, 5325.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective upon expiration of the 180-day period beginning on , with provisions for effect on pending proceedings, see , set out as a note under .