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title: "42 U.S.C. § 3940"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 3940 - Reservation of right to repeal, alter, or amend chapter

## Text

The right to repeal, alter, or amend this chapter at any time is expressly reserved.

(Pub. L. 90–448, title IX, § 910, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 550.)