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title: "40 U.S.C. § 905"
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title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
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# 40 U.S.C. § 905 - Waiver

## Text

The procedures prescribed in sections 903 and 904 of this title may be waived during a period of national emergency proclaimed by the President.

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1129.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 90540:534.June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VIII, § 805, as added Pub. L. 90–577, title V, § 501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1105.