Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§9596 Separability

Title 15 › Chapter 120— MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter VII— ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS OF THE AGENCY; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 9596

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Keeps the rest of the chapter in force if a court says one part or how it was used on a person or situation is invalid. The court’s decision only affects that specific part and the people or case involved; everything else stays valid.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §9596

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

If a provision of this chapter, or the application of a provision of this chapter to any person or circumstance, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment—

(1)shall not affect, impair, or invalidate—

(A)any other provision of this chapter; or

(B)the application of this chapter to any other person or circumstance; and

(2)shall be confined in its operation to—

(A)the provision of this chapter with respect to which the judgment is rendered; or

(B)the application of the provision of this chapter to each person or circumstance directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment is rendered.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this division”, meaning div. K of Pub. L. 117–58, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1445, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of division K to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 9501 of this title and Tables.

Reference

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 9596

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60