Title 40. PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS, United States Code

2008—Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(b), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1482, and Pub. L. 110–246, title XIV, § 14217(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 2244, which directed identical amendments to the table of subtitles for “chapter 40, United States Code” by adding items for subtitles V and VI and striking out item for subtitle V, was executed by amending the table of subtitles for this title, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Prior to amendment, the item for subtitle V read “Miscellaneous”. The amendment by Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664.

Disposition Of Sections

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 40
Title 40 Former Sections	Title 40 New Sections
1, 1a	Rep.
2	Rep.
3	Rep.
4	Rep.
5	Rep.
5a	Rep.
6	Rep.
7	Rep.
7a	Rep.
8–13	Rep.
13a, 13a note	6111
13b	6112
13c	6113
13d	Rep.
13e	6114
13f	6122
13g	6131
13h	6132
13i	6133
13j	6134
13k	6135
13l	6102
13m	6137
13n(a)	6121
13n(b)	6123
13n(c)	6121
13n(d)	6101
13o	6136
13p	6101
14–18a	Rep.
19	8101
20, 21	Rep.
22	Rep.
22a–22c	8143
23, 24	Rep.
25	Rep.
26	Rep.
27	Rep.
27a	Rep.
28	Rep.
29	Rep.
30	Rep.
30a	Rep.
31	8108
32, 33	Rep.
33a	Rep.
34	8141
35	8142
36–37a	Rep.
38	Rep.
39	Rep.
40	Rep.
40a	Rep. (Transferred to former 278 prior to repeal)
41	Rep.
42	8165
43	8107
44	Rep.
45–48	9501
49	9503
50	9504
51, 52	9502
53	Rep.
53a	Elim.
54	9507
55	9505
56	9506
57	Rep.
58	Elim.
59	Rep.
60	Elim.
60a	8161
61	Elim.
62	Elim.
63	Elim.
64	8122
65	Elim.
66	8121
67	Elim.
68	8106
69	Elim.
70	Elim.
71(a)	8701
71(b)	8702
71a(a)(1)	8711
71a(a)(2)	8712
71a(a)(3), (4)	8721
71a(b), (c)	8711
71a(d)	8721
71a(e), 71a note	8711
71b	Rep.
71c(a)	8721
71c(b), (c)	Rep.
71c(d), (e) (1st par.)	8721
71c(e) (last par.)	8722
71d	8722
71e	Rep.
71f	8723
71g(a)–(c)	8724
71g(d)	8725
71h	8711
71i	8726
72	8731
72a	8732
72b	8733
72c, 72d	8734
72e	8736
73 (1st, 2d sentences)	8737
73 (3d–last sentences)	8731
74	8711
74a–74c	8735
75	Elim.
76	Elim.
77	Elim.
77a	Rep.
78	Elim.
79	8123
80	Elim.
81	Elim.
82	8125
83	Elim.
84	Elim.
85	Elim.
86	Elim.
87	Elim.
88	Elim.
89	8126
90	Elim.
91	Rep.
92	Elim.
92a	Elim.
93	Elim.
94	Elim.
95	Elim.
96	Elim.
97	Elim.
98	Elim.
99	Elim.
100	8127
101	8103
102	8162
103	8163
104 (1st, 2d sentences)	9101
104 (3d–6th sentences)	9102
104 (last sentence words before comma)	9103
104 (last sentence words after comma)	9101
105	9103
106	9104
107	Elim.
108	Elim.
109–112	Rep.
112a	Rep.
113	8144
114	Rep.
115	Rep.
115a	Rep.
116–119	Rep.
120	Rep.
121	8104
122, 123	8124
124 (words before proviso)	9301
124 (proviso)	9302
125 (words before semicolon)	9303
125 (words after semicolon)	9304
126	Rep.
127	9301 note
128	8105
129	585 note
129a–130a	8164
131	8302
132	8303
133	8304
134	Rep.
135	8301
136(a)	8501
136(b), (c)	8502
136(d)	(See § 49–103 of the D.C. Official Code)
136(e)	Rep.
136(f)	8501
136(g)(1), (2)	Rep.
136(h)–(j)	8501
137	8102
138	Rep.
161	T. 2 § 1801 note
161a	Rep.
162	T. 2 § 1811
162–1	T. 2 § 1801
162a	T. 2 § 1802
162b	T. 2 § 1868
163	T. 2 § 1812
163a	T. 2 § 1813
163b	T. 2 § 1803
164	Rep.
164a	T. 2 § 1804
165	Rep.
166	T. 2 § 1814
166a	Rep.
166a–1	T. 2 § 1861
166b	Rep.
166b–1	Rep.
166b–1a	T. 2 § 1841
166b–1b	T. 2 § 1842
166b–1c	T. 2 § 1843
166b–1d	T. 2 § 1844
166b–1e	T. 2 § 1845
166b–1f	T. 2 § 1846
166b–2	T. 2 § 1850
166b–3	T. 2 § 1847
166b–3a	T. 2 § 1848
166b–3b	T. 2 § 1849
166b–4	T. 2 § 1851
166b–5	T. 2 § 1852
166b–6	T. 2 § 1832
166b–7	T. 2 § 1831
166c	Elim.
166d	T. 2 § 1818
166e	T. 2 § 1863
166f	T. 2 § 1864
166g	T. 2 § 1867
166h	T. 2 § 1862
166i	T. 2 § 1815
166j	T. 2 § 1816
166k	T. 2 § 1819
166l	T. 2 § 1865
166m	T. 2 § 1820
167	T. 2 § 1833
167a	Rep.
168	T. 2 § 1834
168a	Rep.
169	T. 2 § 2012
170	T. 2 § 2184
170a	(Previously transferred to T. 2 § 117b–1)
171	T. 2 § 1817
172	Rep.
173	T. 2 § 2185
174	Rep.
174a	Rep.
174b	Elim.
174b–1	T. 2 § 2021
174b–2	T. 2 § 2022
174c	T. 2 § 2023
174d	T. 2 § 2024
174d–1	T. 2 § 2181
174e	T. 2 § 1866
174f–174j	Rep.
174j–1	T. 2 § 2042
174j–2	Rep.
174j–3	T. 2 § 2043
174j–4	T. 2 § 2044
174j–5	T. 2 § 2045
174j–6	T. 2 § 2046
174j–7	T. 2 § 2047
174j–8	T. 2 § 2048
174j–9	T. 2 § 2049
174j–10	T. 2 § 2050
174k	T. 2 § 2041
175	T. 2 § 2001
175a	T. 2 § 2002
176	T. 2 § 2003
177	T. 2 § 2004
178	T. 2 § 2005
179	T. 2 § 2006
180	T. 2 § 2007
181	T. 2 § 2008
182	T. 2 § 2009
183	T. 2 § 2010
184	T. 2 § 2011
184a	T. 2 § 2161
184b–184f	Rep.
184g	T. 2 § 2062
185	T. 2 § 2162
185a	T. 2 § 2025
186	T. 10 § 4689
187	T. 2 § 2131
187a	T. 2 § 2132
188	T. 2 § 2133
188a	T. 2 § 2081
188a–1	T. 2 § 2082
188a–2	T. 2 § 2083
188a–3	T. 2 § 2084
188a–4	T. 2 § 2085
188a–5	T. 2 § 2086
188b	T. 2 § 2101
188b–1	T. 2 § 2102
188b–2	T. 2 § 2103
188b–3	T. 2 § 2104
188b–4	T. 2 § 2105
188b–5	T. 2 § 2106
188b–6	T. 2 § 2107
188c	T. 2 § 2121
188c–1	T. 2 § 2122
189	T. 2 § 2134
190	T. 2 § 2135
190a	Rep.
190b	T. 2 § 2182
191	Rep.
192	Rep.
193	T. 2 § 2183
193a	5102
193b	5103
193c–193g	5104
193h	5109
193i	5105
193j, 193k	5106
193l	5107
193m(1)	5101
193m(2)–(5)	5104
193m–1	5108
193n	6306
193o	6302
193p, 193q	6303
193r	6304
193s	6307
193t	6306
193u	6305
193v	6301
193w	Rep.
193x	6306
194–205	Rep.
206	T. 2 § 1901
206–1	T. 2 § 1902
206a—206a–8	Elim. (Previously transferred to former 206 notes)
206a–9	T. 2 § 1903
206b	T. 2 § 1924
206c	T. 2 § 1925
206d	T. 2 § 1971
206d–1	T. 2 § 1972
206e	T. 2 § 1973
207	T. 2 § 1921
207a	T. 2 § 1922
207b	T. 2 § 1923
207b–1	T. 2 § 1926
206b–2	T. 2 § 1927
207c	T. 2 § 1951
207c–1	T. 2 § 1952
207c–2	T. 2 § 1953
207c–3	T. 2 § 1954
207d	T. 2 § 1904
207e	T. 2 § 1905
208	T. 2 § 1928
209	T. 2 § 1929
210	T. 2 § 1941
210a	T. 2 § 1942
211	T. 2 § 1943
212	T. 2 § 1944, 1944 notes
212a	T. 2 § 1961
212a–1	T. 2 § 1962, 1962 notes
212a–2	T. 2 § 1966
212a–3	T. 2 § 1967
212a–4	T. 2 § 1964
212a–4a	T. 2 § 1965
212a–5	T. 2 § 1968
212b	T. 2 § 1969
212c	T. 2 § 1970
213	Rep.
213a	Elim.
214	T. 2 § 1963
214a	Rep.
214b	T. 2 § 2061
214c	T. 2 § 2063
214d	T. 2 § 2064
214e	T. 2 § 2065
215	T. 2 § 2141
216	T. 2 § 2142
216a	T. 2 § 2145
216b	T. 2 § 2143
216c	T. 2 § 2146
216d	T. 2 § 2144
217	Rep.
217a	T. 2 § 2147
217b	Rep.
217c	T. 2 § 2167
218–220	Rep.
221	Rep.
222	Rep.
223	T. 2 § 2163
224	T. 2 § 2164
231	(Previously transferred to former T. 44 § 300 prior to repeal)
232, 232a	(Previously transferred to former T. 44 § 300a prior to repeal)
232b	Rep.
233–241	(Previously transferred to former T. 44:300c–300k prior to repeal)
251	Rep.
252	Rep.
253	311
254	Rep.
255 (1st–5th pars.)	3111
255 (last par.)	3112
256	Rep.
257	3113
258	Rep.
258a, 258b	3114
258c	3115
258d	3118
258e	3115
258e–1	3116
258f	3117
259, 260	Rep.
261	3171
262–265	Rep.
265a	Rep.
266, 267	Rep.
267a	Rep.
268, 269	Rep.
269a	Rep.
270	Rep.
270a	3131
270a note	3132
270b, 270c	3133
270d, 270d–1	3131
270e, 270f	3134
271	Rep.
272	Rep.
273–276	Rep.
276a(a)	3142
276a(b) (1st par. words before proviso)	3141
276a(b) (1st par. proviso, last par.)	3142
276a–1	3143
276a–2	3144
276a–3	3146
276a–4	Rep.
276a–5	3147
276a–6	Rep.
276a–7	3148
276b	Rep.
276c	3145
276d	3161
276d–1—276d–3	3162
277	Rep.
277a	Rep.
278, 278a	Rep.
278b	Rep.
278c	Rep.
279–281	Rep.
282	Rep.
283	3104
284	Rep.
285	3101
285a	Elim.
286	3105
287	Rep.
288	Elim.
289	Elim.
289a	(See former 289)
290	3172
291	3103
292	Rep.
293	3173
294	Rep.
295	3174
296	Rep.
297–298	Rep.
298a	3175
298b	3176
298c	Rep.
298d	3102
301	1301
302–303a	Rep.
303b	1302
303c	T. 16 § 3b
304	1305
304a–304e	1303
304f–304m	1306
305	1311
306	1312
307	Rep.
308, 309	1313
310	1309
311, 311a	Rep.
311b	1308
312	Rep.
313	Rep.
313–1	Rep.
313–2	Rep.
313a	Rep.
314	1310
314a	Rep.
315	Rep.
316	1307
317	Rep.
318–318d	1315
319	1314
319 note	1314
319a	1314
319a note	1314
319b	1314
319b note	1314
319c	1314
319c note	1314
321, 322	Rep.
323	Rep.
324–326	Rep.
327	Rep.
328	3702
329	3701
330	3703
331	3706
332	3708
333(a)–(e)	3704
333(f)	3705
334	3707
341–342a	Rep.
343	Rep.
344, 345	Rep.
345a	Rep.
345b, 345c, 345c note	1304
346–350a	Rep.
351	(See former 33a)
352–355	Rep.
356	Rep.
356a	Rep.
357	Rep.
361–386, 401	Rep.
402–410	Rep.
411	Rep.
411a	Rep.
412	Rep.
413	Rep.
414	Rep.
421–425	Rep.
431–434	Rep.
435	Rep.
436	Rep.
437	Rep.
438	Rep.
439	Rep.
440	Rep.
441	Rep.
442	Rep.
443	Rep.
444	Rep.
451–455	Rep.
456	Rep.
457	Rep.
458	Rep.
459	Rep.
460	3501
461	Rep.
462(a), (b)	3502
462(c)	Rep.
462(d)	3502
462(e)	3503
462(f)	3504
462(g)	3505
462(h)	Rep.
471	101
472	102
473	112
474(a)	Rep.
474(b)	(See T. 5 § 901 note)
474(c)–(e)	113
475(a)	125
475(b)	124
476	122
481(a)	501
481(b)	502
481(c)	503
481(d)	504
481(e)	505
482	Rep.
483(a)(1) (1st sentence)	521
483(a)(1) (last sentence)	522
483(a)(2)	523
483(b), (c)	524
483(d)	525
483(e)	529
483(f)	Rep.
483(g)	526
483(h)	527
483a	Rep.
483b	528
483c	Rep.
483d	556
484(a)	541
484(b)	542
484(c)	543
484(d)	544
484(e)	545
484(f)	546
484(g), (h)	547
484(i)	548
484(j)	549
484(k)	550
484(l )	551
484(m)	552
484(n)	549
484(o )	Rep.
484(p)	553
484(q)	554
484(r)	555
484–1	557
484a	Rep.
484b	Rep.
484c	Rep.
484d	558
485(a)	571
485(b)	572
485(c)–(g)	574
485(h)	572
485(i)	573
485a	571
486, 486a	121
487	506
488	559
489	123
490(a)	581
490(b)	582
490(c)	583
490(d)	582
490(e)	584
490(f)	592
490(g)	588
490(h)	585
490(i)	589
490(j), (k)	586
490(l )	587
490 notes	587, 591
490a, 490a–1	592
490b, 490b note, 490b–1	590
490c	593
490d, 490e	585
490f	586
490g	592
490h	587
490i	592
491(a)	601
491(b) (related to establishment)	602
491(b) (related to determination), (c)	603
491(d)	605
491(e)	603
491(f) (1st sentence)	607
491(f) (last sentence)	610
491(g), (h)	604
491(i)	608
491(j)	606
491(k)	609
491(l )	611
492	126
493	Rep.
511	701
512(a)	704
512(b)	703
512(c)	702
513	705
514	701
521–524	Rep.
531	901
532	904
533	903
534	905
535(a), (b)	902
535(c)	904
541	1102
542	1101
543	1103
544	1104
551–554	Rep.
601	3302
601a	3306
602	3304
602a	Rep.
603	3305
604	3304
605	3305
606(a)–(e), (f) (related to this section)	3307
606(f) (related to 40:603(b))	3305
607	3309
608	3305
609	3308
610	3314
611	3303
612, 612a(1), (2)	3301
612a(3)–(8)	3306
613	3301
614	3313
615	3315
616	Elim.
617	3311
618	3310
619	3312
651, 652, 661–665, 671	Rep.
672	Elim.
681	Elim.
682, 683	Rep.
684	Rep.
685	Rep.
701	17102
701 note, 702	17103
703	17101
721	17302
722, 722a	17303
723 (1st sentence, 2d sentence words before 2d proviso)	17304
723 (2d sentence 2d, last provisos, last sentence)	17303
724	17305
725	17306
726	17307
727	17308
728	17309
729(a) (1st, 2d sentences)	17301
729(a) (last sentence)	17301, 17306
729(b)–(d)	17301
751(a)	301
751(b), (c)	302
751(d)	Rep.
751(e)	Rep.
751(f)	121
752(a)	303
752(b)	Rep.
752(c), 753	303
754	121
755	Rep.
755a	312
756(a)–(c)	321
756(d)	Rep.
756(e), (f)	321
756(g) (1st–3d sentences)	313
756(g) (last sentence), 756a, 756b	321
757	322
758	311
759	Rep.
760	304
761, 761a	323
762	18101
762a	18102
762b	18103
762c	Rep.
762d	18104
771	17701
781	17702
782	17703
783	17704
784	17705
785	17706
786	17707
791	17708
792	Rep.
795	17901
795a	17902
795b	17903
795c	17904
795d	Rep.
801–809	Rep.
811(a) (1st, 2d sentences)	6902
811(a) (last sentence)	6901
811(b)	Rep.
811(c)	Rep.
811(d)	Rep.
812	Rep.
813(a)	6910
813(b)	Rep.
814	Rep.
815(a)–(c)	Rep.
815(d)	6903
816(a)(1)	6904
816(a)(2)	Rep.
816(b)	6904
817	6906
818	6908
819(a)	Rep.
819(b)	Rep.
819(c)	6907
819(d)	6909
819a	6905
821 (related to creation)	6921
821 (related to duties)	6922
822(a)	6921
822(b)	6923
822(c)	6922
823	6924
831	T. 2 § 2165
851	T. 2 § 2166
871	6711
872	Rep.
872 notes	6701, 6702
873	Rep.
874	Rep.
875	Rep.
876(a)	6712
876(b)	6713
877(a)	Rep.
877(b)–(d)	6714
878	6715
879(a)	Rep.
879(b)	6701
880	6716
881	Rep.
882	Rep.
883	Rep.
884	Rep.
885	Rep.
901	17502
902	17503
903	17504
904	17505
905	Rep.
906	Rep.
907	17506
908	17507
909	17508
910	17509
911	17510
912	Rep.
913	17501
1001	8901
1002	8902
1003	8903
1004	8904
1005, 1006	8908
1007	8905
1008	8906
1009	8907
1010(a)	8909
1010(b)	8903
1010(c), (d)	8909
1010(e)	8902
1101	Rep.
1101 note	6734
1102(a)(1)	Rep.
1102(a)(2) (1st sentence)	6733
1102(a)(2) (last sentence)	6734
1102(a)(3)	Rep.
1102(b)	Rep.
1103(a)	Rep.
1103(b)	6734
1103(c)–(g)	Rep.
1104(a), (b)(1), (2)(A)	Rep.
1104(b)(2)(B)	6734
1104(b)(2)(C), (D), (words after (D)), (c)	Rep.
1104(d)	6734
1104(e)	Rep.
1104(f)	6733
1104(g)	6732
1104(h), (i)	Rep.
1105	6734
1106	Elim.
1107	Elim.
1108	6731 note
1109	6731
1201	Rep.
1201 note	6502
1202(a)(1)–(5)	Rep.
1202(a)(6)	6502
1202(a)(7)	Rep.
1202(a)(8)	6502
1202(b)(1)	Rep.
1202(b)(2)(A)	Rep.
1202(b)(2)(B), (C)	6502
1202(b)(2)(D) (words before “and the lease”)	Rep.
1202(b)(2)(D) (words after “provisions of this chapter”)	6504
1202(b)(2) (words after (D))	Rep.
1202(c)–(e)	6502
1203(a), (b)	6504
1203(c)	6502
1203(d)	6504
1204	6505
1205	6506
1206	6503
1207	6507
1208	6501
1301	18301
1302(1), (2)	18302
1302(3)	18303
1302(4), (5)	18302
1302(6), 1303	18303
1304	18304
1401	11101
1411	11301
1412	11302
1413	11303
1421	11311
1422	11312
1423	11313
1424	11314
1425(a)	(See T. 44 § 3506)
1425(b)–(d)	11315
1426	11316
1427	11317
1428	11318
1441	11331
1441 notes	11332
1442	11102
1451, 1452	11103
1461	11704
1471	11501
1472	11502
1473	11503
1474	11504
1475	11505
1491	11521
1492	11522
1501	11701
1502	11702
1503	11703
T. 40 App. § 1	Rep.
T. 40 App. § 2	14101
T. 40 App. § 101(a)(1)	14301
T. 40 App. § 101(a)(2)	14307
T. 40 App. § 101(b)	14302
T. 40 App. § 101(c), (d)	14301
T. 40 App. § 102	14303
T. 40 App. § 103	14304
T. 40 App. § 104	14305
T. 40 App. § 105, 106(1), (2) (1st sentence)	14306
T. 40 App. § 106(2) (2d, last sentences)	14301
T. 40 App. § 106(3)–(9)	14306
T. 40 App. § 107	14308
T. 40 App. § 108	14309
T. 40 App. § 109	(See T. 5 § 5334)
T. 40 App. § 201	14501
T. 40 App. § 202	14502
T. 40 App. § 203	14504
T. 40 App. § 204	14505
T. 40 App. § 205	14506
T. 40 App. § 206	Rep.
T. 40 App. § 207	14503
T. 40 App. § 208, 211–213	Rep.
T. 40 App. § 214	14507
T. 40 App. § 221	14521
T. 40 App. § 222	14522
T. 40 App. § 223	14523
T. 40 App. § 223 note	14702
T. 40 App. § 224	14524
T. 40 App. § 225	14525
T. 40 App. § 226	14526
T. 40 App. § 301	14102
T. 40 App. § 302	14321
T. 40 App. § 303	14322
T. 40 App. § 304	14310
T. 40 App. § 401	14703
T. 40 App. § 402	14701
T. 40 App. § 403	14102
T. 40 App. § 404	Rep.
T. 40 App. § 405	14704

Effective Date Of Amendment

Effective Date of 2003 Amendment by Pub. L. 108–178

Pub. L. 108–178, enacting and amending notes set out below, effective Aug. 21, 2002, see section 5 of Pub. L. 108–178, set out as an Effective Date of 2003 Amendment note under section 5334 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Miscellaneous

Enacting Clause

Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, provided in part that: “Certain general and permanent laws of the United States, related to public buildings, property, and works, are revised, codified, and enacted as title 40, United States Code, ‘Public Buildings, Property, and Works’ ”.

Legislative Purpose and Construction

Pub. L. 108–178, § 1, Dec. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 2637, provided that:“(a)Purpose.—The purpose of this Act [see Tables for classification] is to improve the United States Code by making necessary technical changes.“(b)No Substantive Change.—This Act makes no substantive change in existing law and may not be construed as making a substantive change in existing law.“(c)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.”

Pub. L. 107–217, § 5, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, provided that:“(a)Purpose.—The purpose of this Act is to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change the general and permanent laws of the United States related to public buildings, property, and works, in order to remove ambiguities, contradictions, and other imperfections and to repeal obsolete, superfluous, and superseded provisions.“(b) No Substantive Change.—

“(1)In general.—This Act makes no substantive change in existing law and may not be construed as making a substantive change in existing law.

“(2)Deemed date of enactment for certain purposes.—For purposes of determining whether one provision of law supersedes another based on enactment later in time, and otherwise to ensure that this Act makes no substantive change in existing law, the date of enactment of a provision restated in section 1 or 2 of this Act is deemed to remain unchanged, continuing to be the date of enactment of the underlying provision of public law that is being restated.

“(3)Inconsistent laws enacted after March 31, 2002.—This Act restates certain laws enacted before April 1, 2002. Any law enacted after March 31, 2002, that is inconsistent with this Act, including any law purporting to amend or repeal a provision that is repealed by this Act, supersedes this Act to the extent of the inconsistency.“(c)References.—A reference to a law replaced by section 1 or 2 of this Act, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding provision enacted by this Act.“(d)Continuing Effect.—An order, rule, or regulation in effect under a law replaced by section 1 or 2 of this Act continues in effect under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act until repealed, amended, or superseded.“(e)Actions and Offenses Under Prior Law.—An action taken or an offense committed under a law replaced by section 1 or 2 of this Act is deemed to have been taken or committed under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act.“(f)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 caption or catch line of the provision.“(g)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.”

Repeals

Pub. L. 108–178, § 2(b), Dec. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 2640, provided that: “Section 6(b) of Public Law 107–217 (116 Stat. 1304) [see below] is repealed insofar as it relates to the provisions listed below, and the provisions listed below are revived to read as if section 6(b) had not been enacted:

“(1)Section 1(a) of the Act of June 30, 1949 (ch. 288, 63 Stat. 377) [41 U.S.C. 101 note].

“(2) Section 509(b) of the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96–88, 93 Stat. 695) [20 U.S.C. 3508(b)].

“(3)Public Law 101–427 (104 Stat. 927) [23 U.S.C. 101 note].

“(4) Section 7306 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–355, 108 Stat. 3384).”

Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(a), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304, provided that: “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.”

Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304, as amended by Pub. L. 108–178, § 2, Dec. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 2637, repealed specified laws, except for rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before Aug. 21, 2002.