---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 905"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "905"
heading: "Waiver"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/905"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services"
  - "Chapter 9 — Urban Land Use"
---

# §905. Waiver


The procedures prescribed in sections [903](/usc/40/903.md) and [904](/usc/40/904.md) of this title may be waived during a period of national emergency proclaimed by the President.


## Source credit

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

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 905 | 40:534. | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VIII, § 805, as added Pub. L. 90–577, title V, § 501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1105. |