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 90 STAT. 2794 43 USC 1701 °"t«-

PUBLIC LAW 94-579—OCT. 21, 1976 (b) Nothing in section 706(a), except as it pertains to rights-of-way, may be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 35, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 551); the Act of July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 525, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 1010-1212); or the Act of September 3, 1954 (68 Stat. 1146, 43 U.S.C.931C). SEVERABILITY

43 USC 1701 note.

SEC. 707. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof is jield invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application thereof shall not be affected thereby. Approved October 21, 1976.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-1163 accompanying H.R. 13777 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs) and No. 94-1724 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 94-583 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): Feb. 23, 25, considered and passed Senate. July 22, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 13777. Sept. 30, House agreed to conference report. Oct. 1, Senate agreed to conference report.

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