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16 U.S.C. 822: Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapterText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
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§822. Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapter

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is expressly reserved; but no such alteration, amendment, or repeal shall affect any license theretofore issued under the provisions of this chapter or the rights of any licensee thereunder.

( June 10, 1920, ch. 285 , pt. I, § 28, 41 Stat. 1077 ; renumbered pt. I, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687 , title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847 .)