34 USC § 30505 - Severability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s30505"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 30505 - Severability"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "30505"
section_name: "Severability"
chapter_number: 305
chapter_name: "HATE CRIMES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–84, div. E, § 4709, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2841.)"
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# § 30505. Severability

If any provision of this division, an amendment made by this division, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this division, the amendments made by this division, and the application of the provisions of such to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–84, div. E, § 4709, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2841.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This division, referred to in text, is division E of , , , known as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. For complete classification of division E to the Code, see Short Title of 2009 Act note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified as a note under , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.