Budget Control Act of 2011
SEC. 2. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Act, or any application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and the application of this Act to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected.
Previous:Sec. 1 (BCA) |
Next:Sec. 101 (BCA) |
COUNSEL NOTES
This section is similar to a provision included in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, which anticipated a court challenge to that Act’s constitutionality. As is the case with severability clauses generally, this was intended to allow as much of the Act to remain in force as possible even if parts were struck down . No part of the Budget Control Act of 2011 was struck down on constitutional grounds.
Classification to the U.S. Code
This section is not separately classified to the U.S. Code.
References
- Budget Control Act of 2011 (Annotated)
- CRS – The Budget Control Act of 2011: Legislative Changes to the Law and Their Budgetary Effects (R43411) September 2015
- CRS – Budget Control Act of 2011 (R41965) August 19, 2011
- Senate Budget Bulletin 2A, November 2011
- Senate Budget Bulletin 2B, November 2011
- Analysis of Budget Control Act of 2011 (Peterson Foundation)
Legislative History Notes
Public Laws
Pub. L. 112-25, §1, August 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 240. (Budget Control Act of 2011)
Statutes at Large: Pub. L. 112–25, 125 Stat. 240, August. 2, 2011.
Previous:Sec. 1 (BCA) |
Next:Sec. 101 (BCA) |