---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 16.5"
title: "7"
number: "16.5"
heading: "Severability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/16.5"
---

# §16.5. Severability.


To the extent that any provision of this regulation is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, USDA intends for all other provisions that are capable of operating in the absence of the specific provision that has been invalidated to remain in effect.


## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 82134, Dec. 17, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.; E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 258; E.O. 13280, 67 FR 77145, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 262; E.O. 13559, 75 FR 71319, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 273; E.O. 13831, 83 FR 20715, 3 CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 806; E.O. 14015, 86 FR 10007, 3 CFR, 2021 Comp., p. 517.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 41382, July 9, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 82134, Dec. 17, 2020]