Editorial Notes Codification Section 380a, acts Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, § 13, 53 Stat. 1197 ; Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, § 4, 54 Stat. 1111 , authorized purchases by Bureau of Reclamation without compliance with section 16 of former Title 41, Public Contracts. Section 380b, act July 9, 1952, ch. 597, title I, 66 Stat. 453 , which authorized transfer of surplus aircraft parts and equipment to Bureau of Reclamation was from the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1953 , and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. A prior section 380b, act Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 375, title I, 65 Stat. 257 , contained provisions similar to section 380b.