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legal/us/code/title-43/chapter-32a/section-1577.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "43 U.S.C. § 1577"
+description: "Existing Federal laws not modified"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 43
+title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
+chapter_number: "32A"
+chapter_name: "COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL"
+section: "1577"
+citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1577"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc43@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s1577"
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+---
+
+# 43 U.S.C. § 1577 - Existing Federal laws not modified
+
+## Text
+
+Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to modify the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.], the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.], or, except as expressly stated herein, the provisions of any other Federal law.
+
+(Pub. L. 93–320, title I, § 108, formerly § 107, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 270; renumbered § 108, Pub. L. 96–336, § 4, Sept. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1064.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThe National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 91–190, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 852, which is classified generally to chapter 55 (§ 4321 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4321 of Title 42 and Tables. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, referred to in text, probably means act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§ 1251 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of Title 33 and Tables.
+
+Prior ProvisionsA prior section 108 of Pub. L. 93–320 was renumbered section 109 and is classified to section 1578 of this title.