33 USC § 2304 - Separability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s2304"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 2304 - Separability"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "2304"
section_name: "Separability"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 949, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4201.)"
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# § 2304. Separability

If any provision of this Act, or the application of any provision of this Act to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, and the remainder of this Act, shall not be affected thereby.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 949, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4201.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

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