16 USC § 710 - Partial invalidity; short title

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title: "16 USC § 710 - Partial invalidity; short title"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "710"
section_name: "Partial invalidity; short title"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 3, 1918, ch. 128, §§ 1, 10, 40 Stat. 755, 757.)"
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# § 710. Partial invalidity; short title

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this subchapter, which shall be known by the short title of the “Migratory Bird Treaty Act”, shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.

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**Source Credit**: (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, §§ 1, 10, 40 Stat. 755, 757.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

The provisions of this section relating to short title are from section 1 of act , and the provisions relating to severability are from section 10 of that act.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 2004 Amendment

> “This section [amending
> 
> and enacting provisions set out as notes under
> 
> ] may be cited as the ‘Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 2004’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 1998 Amendment

> “This title [amending sections 704 and 707 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under
> 
> ] may be cited as the ‘Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998’.”

, , , provided that: