Us Code § 1609 - Severability

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§ 1609. Severability

If any provision of this chapter, or the application of such a provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remaining provisions of this chapter, and the application of such provisions to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected thereby.

(Pub. L. 116–124, §10, Mar. 12, 2020, 134 Stat. 170.)

CHAPTER 16—BROADBAND ACCESS

SUBCHAPTER I—BROADBAND GRANTS FOR STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES

Sec.
1701.
Findings.
1702.
Grants for broadband deployment.
1703.
Broadband DATA maps.
1704.
Broadband Deployment Locations Map.
1705.
Grants for broadband connectivity.

        

SUBCHAPTER II—DIGITAL EQUITY ACT OF 2021

1721.
Definitions.
1722.
Sense of Congress.
1723.
State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program.
1724.
Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program.
1725.
Policy research, data collection, analysis and modeling, evaluation, and dissemination.
1726.
General provisions.

        

SUBCHAPTER III—ENABLING MIDDLE MILE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE

1741.
Enabling middle mile broadband infrastructure.

        

SUBCHAPTER IV—BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY

1751.
Definitions.
1752.
Benefit for broadband service.
1753.
Adoption of consumer broadband labels.
1754.
Digital discrimination.

        

SUBCHAPTER I—BROADBAND GRANTS FOR STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES

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47 U.S.C. § 1609 is part of Title 47 of the United States Code. The United States Code is the official codification of federal statutes maintained by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Congress amends the Code through new public laws, which are eventually incorporated into the relevant title.

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