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# 16 U.S.C. § 1015b - Effect of chapter

## Text

Nothing in this chapter affects the applicability of any Federal, State, or local law with respect to any watershed group.

(Pub. L. 111–11, title VI, § 6003, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1170.)