42 USC § 9858p - Severability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s9858p"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 9858p - Severability"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "9858p"
section_name: "Severability"
chapter_number: 105
chapter_name: "COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "II–B"
subchapter_name: "CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 658R, as added Pub. L. 101–508, title V, § 5082(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–249; amended Pub. L. 102–401, § 3(a), Oct. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1959; Pub. L. 102–586, § 8(c)(1), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5036.)"
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# § 9858p. Severability

If any provision of this subchapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions of applications of this subchapter which can be given effect without regard to the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this subchapter shall be severable.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 658R, as added Pub. L. 101–508, title V, § 5082(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–249; amended Pub. L. 102–401, § 3(a), Oct. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1959; Pub. L. 102–586, § 8(c)(1), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5036.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992— and  made identical technical corrections to directory language of , which added this section.