<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id3313abcc-c209-11e6-a672-9c11a185633e" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s1608"><num value="1608">§ 1608.</num><heading> Severability</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof, is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this chapter and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id3313abcd-c209-11e6-a672-9c11a185633e">(<ref href="/us/pl/104/65">Pub. L. 104–65</ref>, § 13, <date date="1995-12-19">Dec. 19, 1995</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/109/701">109 Stat. 701</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<heading class="centered smallCaps">References in Text</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act” meaning <ref href="/us/pl/104/65">Pub. L. 104–65</ref>, <date date="1995-12-19">Dec. 19, 1995</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/109/691">109 Stat. 691</ref>, known as the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1601">section 1601 of this title</ref> and Tables.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDate" id="id3313abd0-c209-11e6-a672-9c11a185633e"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section effective <date date="1996-01-01">Jan. 1, 1996</date>, see <ref href="/us/pl/104/65/s24">section 24 of Pub. L. 104–65</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1601">section 1601 of this title</ref>.</p>
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