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[CITE: 42USC2000h-4]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 21--CIVIL RIGHTS
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IX--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2000h-4. Construction of provisions not to exclude 
        operation of State laws and not to invalidate consistent State 
        laws
        
    Nothing contained in any title of this Act shall be construed as 
indicating an intent on the part of Congress to occupy the field in 
which any such title operates to the exclusion of State laws on the same 
subject matter, nor shall any provision of this Act be construed as 
invalidating any provision of State law unless such provision is 
inconsistent with any of the purposes of this Act, or any provision 
thereof.

(Pub. L. 88-352, title XI, Sec. 1104, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 268.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88-352, July 2, 1964, 78 
Stat. 241, as amended, known as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which is 
classified principally to subchapters II to IX of this chapter 
(Sec. 2000a et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2000a of this title and 
Tables.
