40 USC § 3147 - Suspension of this subchapter during a national emergency
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identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s3147"
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title: "40 USC § 3147 - Suspension of this subchapter during a national emergency"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "3147"
section_name: "Suspension of this subchapter during a national emergency"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "GENERAL"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "GENERAL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1153.)"
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# § 3147. Suspension of this subchapter during a national emergency
The President may suspend the provisions of this subchapter during a national emergency.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1153.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3147 | 40:276a–5. | Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 411, § 6, 46 Stat. 1494; Aug. 30, 1935, ch. 825, 49 Stat. 1013. |
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Termination of War and Emergencies
Joint Res. , , provided that in the interpretation of former , the date , was to be deemed to be the date of termination of any state of war theretofore declared by Congress and of the national emergencies proclaimed by the President on , and .