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[CITE: 42USC9657]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
  CHAPTER 103--COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND 
                                LIABILITY
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 9657. Separability; contribution

    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 to other persons or 
circumstances and the remainder of this chapter shall not be affected 
thereby. If an administrative settlement under section 9622 of this 
title has the effect of limiting any person's right to obtain 
contribution from any party to such settlement, and if the effect of 
such limitation would constitute a taking without just compensation in 
violation of the fifth amendment of the Constitution of the United 
States, such person shall not be entitled, under other laws of the 
United States, to recover compensation from the United States for such 
taking, but in any such case, such limitation on the right to obtain 
contribution shall be treated as having no force and effect.

(Pub. L. 96-510, title III, Sec. 308, Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2811; Pub. 
L. 99-499, title I, Sec. 122(b), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1688.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'', 
meaning Pub. L. 96-510, Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2767, as amended, known 
as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1980, which enacted this chapter, section 6911a of this title, 
and sections 4611, 4612, 4661, 4662, 4681, and 4682 of Title 26, 
Internal Revenue Code, amended section 6911 of this title, section 1364 
of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, and section 11901 of Title 
49, Transportation, and enacted provisions set out as notes under 
section 6911 of this title and sections 1 and 4611 of Title 26. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 9601 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-499 inserted sentence at end relating to 
administrative settlements under section 9622 of this title which have 
effect of limiting any person's right to obtain contribution from any 
party to such settlement.
