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title: "16 U.S.C. § 5206"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 5206 - Rule of construction

## Text

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair a right guaranteed to a person under the first article of amendment to the Constitution or limit any legal remedy for forceful interference with a person’s lawful participation in speech or peaceful assembly.

(Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320807, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2122.)