<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="id8d5a9dd1-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s3601"><num value="3601">§ 3601.</num><heading> Declaration of policy</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">It is the policy of the United States to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the United States.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id8d5a9dd2-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f">(<ref href="/us/pl/90/284/tVIII/s801">Pub. L. 90–284, title VIII, § 801</ref>, <date date="1968-04-11">Apr. 11, 1968</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/82/81">82 Stat. 81</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment" id="id8d5a9dd4-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 1988 Amendment</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/100/430/s13/a">Pub. L. 100–430, § 13(a)</ref>, <date date="1988-09-13">Sept. 13, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/1636">102 Stat. 1636</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/100/430/s13/a">“This Act and the amendments made by this Act [see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note below] shall take effect on the 180th day beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act [<date date="1988-09-13">Sept. 13, 1988</date>].”</quotedContent>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="shortTitleOfAmendment" id="id8d5a9dd5-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Short Title of 1995 Amendment</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/104/76/s1">Pub. L. 104–76, § 1</ref>, <date date="1995-12-28">Dec. 28, 1995</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/109/787">109 Stat. 787</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/104/76/s1">“This Act [amending <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3607">section 3607 of this title</ref>] may be cited as the ‘Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995’.”</quotedContent>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="shortTitleOfAmendment" id="id8d5a9dd6-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Short Title of 1988 Amendment</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/100/430/s1">Pub. L. 100–430, § 1</ref>, <date date="1988-09-13">Sept. 13, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/1619">102 Stat. 1619</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/100/430/s1">“This Act [enacting sections 3610 to 3614a of this title, amending sections 3602, 3604 to 3608, 3615 to 3619, and 3631 of this title and sections 2341 and 2342 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, repealing former sections 3610 to 3613 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3602">section 3602 of this title</ref>] may be cited as the ‘Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988’.”</quotedContent>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="shortTitle" id="id8d5a9dd7-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Short Title</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/90/284/s1">Section 1 of Pub. L. 90–284</ref>, as added by <ref href="/us/pl/100/430/s2">Pub. L. 100–430, § 2</ref>, <date date="1988-09-13">Sept. 13, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/1619">102 Stat. 1619</ref>, provided: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/100/430/s2">“That this Act [enacting this chapter, sections 231 to 233, 245, 2101, and 2102 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and sections 1301 to 1303, 1311, 1312, 1321 to 1326, 1331, and 1341 of Title 25, Indians, amending sections 1973j, 3533, 3535 of this title, and sections 241, 242, and 1153 of Title 18, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 231 and 245 of Title 18, and repealing provisions set out as notes under <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s1360">section 1360 of Title 28</ref>, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure] may be cited as the ‘Civil Rights Act of 1968’.”</quotedContent>
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<p><ref href="/us/pl/90/284/s800">Section 800 of Pub. L. 90–284</ref>, title VIII, as added by <ref href="/us/pl/100/430/s4">Pub. L. 100–430, § 4</ref>, <date date="1988-09-13">Sept. 13, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/1619">102 Stat. 1619</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/100/430/s4">“This title [enacting this subchapter and amending sections 3533 and 3535 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Fair Housing Act’.”</quotedContent>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="separability" id="id8d5a9dd8-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Separability</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/100/430/s14">Pub. L. 100–430, § 14</ref>, <date date="1988-09-13">Sept. 13, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/1636">102 Stat. 1636</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/100/430/s14">“If any provision of this Act [see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note above] or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.”</quotedContent>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="miscellaneous" id="id8d5a9dd9-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Disclaimer of Preemptive Effect on Other Acts</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/100/430/s12">Pub. L. 100–430, § 12</ref>, <date date="1988-09-13">Sept. 13, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/1636">102 Stat. 1636</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/100/430/s12">“Nothing in the Fair Housing Act [this subchapter] as amended by this Act [see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note above] limits any right, procedure, or remedy available under the Constitution or any other Act of the Congress not so amended.”</quotedContent>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="miscellaneous" id="id8d5ac4ea-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Initial Rulemaking</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/100/430/s13/b">Pub. L. 100–430, § 13(b)</ref>, <date date="1988-09-13">Sept. 13, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/1636">102 Stat. 1636</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/100/430/s13/b">“In consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, the Secretary shall, not later than the 180th day after the date of the enactment of this Act [<date date="1988-09-13">Sept. 13, 1988</date>], issue rules to implement title VIII [this subchapter] as amended by this Act [see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note above]. The Secretary shall give public notice and opportunity for comment with respect to such rules.”</quotedContent>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="miscellaneous" id="id8d5ac4eb-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Federally Protected Activities; Penalties</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Penalties for violations respecting federally protected activities not applicable to and not affecting activities under this subchapter, see <ref href="/us/pl/90/284/s101/b">section 101(b) of Pub. L. 90–284</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s245">section 245 of Title 18</ref>, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.</p>
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