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[CITE: 40USC270f]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
             CHAPTER 3--PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS GENERALLY
 
Sec. 270f. Waiver of sections 270a to 270d-1 with respect to 
        transportation contracts
        
    The Secretary of Transportation may waive sections 270a to 270d-1 of 
this title, with respect to contracts for the construction, alteration, 
or repair, of vessels of any kind or nature, entered into pursuant to 
sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 [46 
App. U.S.C. 1101 et seq.], or the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 [50 
App. U.S.C. 1735 et seq.], regardless of the terms of such contracts as 
to payment or title.

(Apr. 29, 1941, ch. 81, Sec. 2, as added Pub. L. 91-469, Sec. 39, Oct. 
21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1036; amended Pub. L. 97-31, Sec. 12(12), Aug. 6, 
1981, 95 Stat. 154.)

                       References in Text

    The Merchant Marine Act, 1936, referred to in text, is act June 29, 
1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, as amended, which is classified 
principally to chapter 27 (Sec. 1101 et seq.) of Title 46, Appendix, 
Shipping. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
section 1245 of Title 46 and Tables.
    The Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, referred to in text, is act 
Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, 60 Stat. 41, as amended, which is classified to 
sections 1735 to 1746 of Title 50, Appendix, War and National Defense. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 1735 of Title 50, Appendix, and Tables.

                          Codification

    ``Sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31'' substituted in text for ``the 
Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 382, 417-418), as amended [31 U.S.C. 686, 
686b]'' on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 
Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and 
Finance.


                               Amendments

    1981--Pub. L. 97-31 substituted ``Transportation'' for ``Commerce''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 10 section 2701; title 42 
section 9619.
