Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§1444 Separability
Title 42 › CHAPTER 8A — SLUM CLEARANCE, URBAN RENEWAL, AND FARM HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1444
Summary
All powers in this law add to existing powers and do not reduce any other authority unless the law says otherwise. If a court finds any part invalid, that ruling affects only that part and the people or situations in the case; the rest of the law stays in force.
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Title 42, §1444
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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. Notwithstanding any other evidences of the intention of Congress, it is declared to be the controlling intent of Congress that if any provisions of this Act, or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances, shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this Act or its applications to other persons and circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the provision of this Act, or the application thereof to the persons and circumstances directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
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This Act, referred to in text, is act July 15, 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 413, known as the Housing Act of 1949, which is classified principally to this chapter (§ 1441 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 1441 of this title and Tables.
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42 U.S.C. § 1444
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102