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# 15 U.S.C. § 161 - Alteration, amendment, or repeal

## Text

The Congress of the United States reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal any provision of this chapter.

(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 28, 42 Stat. 856.)