source:
  type: regulation
  id: fha-42usc-3615
  authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3615 — Effect on State laws
  description: 'Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.), §3615 Effect on State laws. Captured section-complete from Cornell
    LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: fha-42usc-3615-full
  canonical_id: fha-42usc-3615-full
  section: 42 U.S.C. §3615
  description: 'Effect on State laws: Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to invalidate or limit any law
    of a State or political subdivision of a State , or of any other jurisdiction in which this subchapter shall
    be effective, that grants, guarantees, or protects the same rights as are granted by this subchapter; but any
    law …'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3615
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3615
    snapshot_id: da1d3eec6533238b
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:04d49b956ecf93b12f6781a3e9a7df52ce380699b258bec2c0e528cbb4971765
    paragraph_quote: Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to invalidate or limit any law of a State or
      political subdivision of a State , or of any other jurisdiction in which this subchapter shall be effective,
      that grants, guarantees, or protects the same rights as are granted by this subchapter; but any law of a State
      , a political subdivision, or other such jurisdiction that purports to require or permit any action that would
      be a discriminatory housing practice under this subchapter shall to that extent be invalid. ( Pub. L. 90–284,
      title VIII, § 816 , formerly § 815, Apr. 11, 1968 , 82 Stat. 89 ; renumbered § 816, Pub. L. 100–430, § 8(1)
      , Sept. 13, 1988 , 102 Stat. 1625 .)
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 42 U.S.C. §3615 from Cornell LII snapshot da1d3eec6533238b; body isolated
      between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
