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# 5 U.S.C. § 1222 - Availability of other remedies

## Text

Except as provided in section 1221(i), nothing in this chapter or chapter 23 shall be construed to limit any right or remedy available under a provision of statute which is outside of both this chapter and chapter 23.

(Added Pub. L. 101–12, § 3(a)(13), Apr. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 31.)