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[CITE: 12USC1978]

 
                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                     CHAPTER 22--TYING ARRANGEMENTS
 
Sec. 1978. Actions under other Federal or State laws unaffected; 
        regulations or orders barred as a defense
        
    Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as affecting in 
any manner the right of the United States or any other party to bring an 
action under any other law of the United States or of any State, 
including any right which may exist in addition to specific statutory 
authority, challenging the legality of any act or practice which may be 
proscribed by this chapter. No regulation or order issued by the Board 
under this chapter shall in any manner constitute a defense to such 
action.

(Pub. L. 91-607, title I, Sec. 106(h), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1768.)

                                     
