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# 16 U.S.C. § 3169 - Valid existing right of access

## Text

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to adversely affect any valid existing right of access.

(Pub. L. 96–487, title XI, § 1109, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2464.)