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 PUBLIC LAW 105-354—NOV. 3, 1998 112 STAT. 3245 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendment made by section 1(8) of this Act shall take effect as if included in the provisions of Public Law 105-225, as of the date of enactment of Public Law 105-225. SEC. 4. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND CONSTRUCTION. (a) No SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.—(1) Section 1 of this Act restates, without substantive change, laws enacted before September 5, 1998, that were replaced by section 1. Section 1 may not be construed as making a substantive change in the laws replaced. (2) Laws enacted after September 4, 1998, that are inconsistent with this Act supersede this Act to the extent of the inconsistency. (b) REFERENCES.—A reference to a law replaced by this Act, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding provision enacted by this Act. (c) CONTINUING EFFECT. —An order, rule, or regulation in effect under a law replaced by this Act continues in effect under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act until repealed, amended, or superseded. (d) ACTIONS AND OFFENSES UNDER PRIOR LAW. —An action taken or an offense committed under a law replaced by this Act is deemed to have been taken or committed under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act. (e) INFERENCES. —An inference of a legislative construction is not to be drawn by reason of the location in the United States Code of a provision enacted by this Act or by reason of a heading of the provision. (f) SEVERABILITY. — If a provision enacted by this Act is held invalid, all valid provisions that are severable from the invalid provision remain in effect. If a provision enacted by this Act is held invalid in any of its applications, the provision remains valid for all valid applications that are severable from any of the invalid applications. SEC. 5. REPEALS. (a) INFERENCES OF REPEAL. —The repeal of a law by this Act may not be construed as a legislative inference that the provision was or was not in effect before its repeal. (b) REPEALER SCHEDULE. —The laws specified in the following schedule are repealed, except for rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before the date of enactment of this Act:

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