Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

25 U.S.C. § 3057

Severability and savings provisions

(a)

Severability

If any provision of this chapter, or the application of any provision of this chapter to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the application of such provision or circumstance and the remainder of this chapter shall not be affected thereby.

(b)

Savings

Nothing in this chapter—
(1)
diminishes or expands the trust responsibility of the United States to Indian tribes, or any legal obligation or remedy resulting from that responsibility;
(2)
alters, abridges, repeals, or affects any valid agreement between the Forest Service and an Indian tribe;
(3)
alters, abridges, diminishes, repeals, or affects any reserved or other right of an Indian tribe; or
(4)
alters, abridges, diminishes, repeals, or affects any other valid existing right relating to National Forest System land or other public land.

Pub. L. 110–234, title VIII, § 8107122 Stat. 1289Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a)122 Stat. 1664(, , ; , title VIII, § 8107, , , 2051.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246 and enacted identical sections. was repealed by .

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246section 8701 of Title 7Section and repeal of by effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as a note under , Agriculture.