42 USC § 1591d - Powers as cumulative and additional

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s1591d"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 1591d - Powers as cumulative and additional"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1591d"
section_name: "Powers as cumulative and additional"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "CRITICAL DEFENSE HOUSING AREAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 378, title VI, § 618, 65 Stat. 317.)"
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# § 1591d. Powers as cumulative and additional

Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Act, all powers and authorities conferred by this Act shall be cumulative and additional to and not in derogation of any powers and authorities otherwise existing.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 378, title VI, § 618, 65 Stat. 317.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means , , known as the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1951 Amendment note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section constitutes the first sentence of section 618 of act . Remainder of section 618 is set out in Separability note under .