--- type: "LegalText" title: "43 U.S.C. § 380" description: "Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1029" jurisdiction: "us" corpus: "united_states_code" kind: "code_section" title_number: 43 title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS" chapter_number: "12" chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT" section: "380" citation: "43 U.S.C. § 380" status: "current" release_point: "119-100" release_date: "2026-06-26" source: "official" source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc43@119-100.zip" source_identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s380" source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-43/usc43.xml" source_hash: "0a1e5c0720c9b47447cafab719f7464816991ed97228386f1bfe6540fadfa085" raw_snapshot_hash: "d46a16361aa9d10bbc4b27ea0561882d240801c965a2700a4b7cf5f02f552a5f" text_hash: "f55a85c27503e33f53afd5890c96071035ec522103e72c79f32da620a88b7a67" retrieved_at: "2026-07-04" confidence: "official" tags: ["legal", "us-code"] --- # 43 U.S.C. § 380 - Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1029 ## Notes Section, act July 1, 1918, ch. 113, 40 Stat. 675, authorized purchases and procurement of services without advertising and formal contract.