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# 15 U.S.C. § 8712 - Effect on other laws

## Text

This chapter shall not affect or preempt any other Federal or State law authorizing research, education, and promotion relating to concrete masonry products.

(Pub. L. 115–254, div. E, § 1313, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3483.)