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§ 3134.
Waivers for certain contracts
(a)
Military.—
The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, or the Secretary of Transportation may waive this subchapter with respect to cost-plus-a-fixed fee and other cost-type contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work of the Federal Government and with respect to contracts for manufacturing, producing, furnishing, constructing, altering, repairing, processing, or assembling vessels, aircraft, munitions, materiel, or supplies for the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Coast Guard, respectively, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to payment or title.
(b)
Transportation.—
The Secretary of Transportation may waive this subchapter with respect to contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of vessels when the contract is made under sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, subtitle V of title 46, or the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 App. U.S.C. 1735 et seq.),1
1 See References in Text note below.
regardless of the terms of the contracts as to payment or title.
Apr. 29, 1941, ch. 81, § 2, as added Pub. L. 91–469, § 39, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1036; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(12), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 154.
In subsection (a), the words “Secretary of Transportation” are substituted for “Secretary of Commerce” because of 49:108. The words “the manufacturing, producing, furnishing, construction, alteration, repair, processing, or assembling of” and “of any kind or nature” are omitted as unnecessary.
In subsection (b), the words “of any kind or nature” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31” are substituted for “the Act of
June 30, 1932
(47 Stat. 382, 417–418), as amended [31 U.S.C. 686, 686b]” because of section 4(b) of the Act of September 13, 1982 (Public Law 97–258, 96 Stat. 1067), the first section of which enacted Title 31, United States Code.
References in Text
The Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 App. U.S.C. 1735 et seq.), referred to in subsec. (b), is act Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, 60 Stat. 41, which was classified to sections 1735 to 1746 of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to editorial reclassification, and is now classified principally to chapter 54 (§ 4401 et seq.) of Title 50. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–304 substituted “subtitle V of title 46” for “the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)”.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of