42 USC § 9167 - Severability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s9167"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 9167 - Severability"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "9167"
section_name: "Severability"
chapter_number: 99
chapter_name: "OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–320, title IV, § 407, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1000.)"
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# § 9167. Severability

If any provision of this chapter or any application thereof is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter, or any other application, shall not be affected thereby.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–320, title IV, § 407, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1000.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.