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title: "42 U.S.C. § 2996l"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 2996l - Reservation of right to repeal, alter, or amend

## Text

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

(Pub. L. 88–452, title X, § 1013, as added Pub. L. 93–355, § 2, July 25, 1974, 88 Stat. 388.)