---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 4019"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "4019"
heading: "Affect on rights under other laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/4019"
units:
  - "Chapter 52 — Education for Economic Security"
  - "Subchapter V — Asbestos School Hazard Abatement"
---

# §4019. Affect on rights under other laws


Except as otherwise provided in [section 4017 of this title](/usc/20/4017.md), nothing in this subchapter shall—

- (1) affect the right of any party to seek legal redress in connection with the purchase or installation of [asbestos](/usc/20/4020.md?p=1) materials in schools or any claim of disability or death related to exposure to [asbestos](/usc/20/4020.md?p=1) in a school setting; or
- (2) affect the rights of any party under any other law.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–377, title V, § 510, Aug. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1294; Pub. L. 101–637, § 14(a)(10), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4594.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–637 inserted section catchline.