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41 U.S.C. § 153 — Simplified acquisition threshold for contract in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operation
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(1) **In general.—** — In division C, the term “simplified acquisition threshold” has the meaning provided that term in [section 134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section134&num=0&edition=prelim), except that, in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States in support of a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation, the term means an amount equal to two times the amount specified for that term in [section 134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section134&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Definition.—** — In paragraph (1), the term “humanitarian or peacekeeping operation” means a military operation in support of the provision of humanitarian or foreign disaster assistance or in support of a peacekeeping operation under chapter VI or VII of the Charter of the United Nations. The term does not include routine training, force rotation, or stationing.
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(1) **In general.—** — In division C, the term “simplified acquisition threshold” has the meaning provided that term in [section 134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section134&num=0&edition=prelim), except that, in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States in support of a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation, the term means an amount equal to two times the amount specified for that term in [section 134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section134&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Definition.—** — In paragraph (1), the term “humanitarian or peacekeeping operation” means a military operation in support of the provision of humanitarian or foreign disaster assistance or in support of a peacekeeping operation under chapter VI or VII of the Charter of the United Nations. The term does not include routine training, force rotation, or stationing.
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In division B, the term “simplified acquisition threshold” means $250,000.
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**(a) Temporary threshold amounts** For a procurement referred to in [section 422 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section422&num=0&edition=prelim) that is carried out in support of a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation or a contingency operation, the simplified acquisition threshold definitions shall be applied as if the amount determined under the exception provided for such an operation in those definitions were—
(1) in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, inside the United States, $200,000; or
(2) in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States, $300,000.
**(b) Simplified acquisition threshold definitions** In this section, the term “simplified acquisition threshold definitions” means the following:
(1) [Section 134 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section134&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) [Section 153 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section153&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) [Section 3015 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3015&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Small business reserve** For a procurement carried out pursuant to subsection (a), [section 644(j) of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section644/j&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be applied as if the maximum anticipated value identified therein is equal to the amounts referred to in subsection (a).
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TITLE 41—PUBLIC CONTRACTS
§ 153
§ 152. Competitive procedures
In division C, the term ‘‘competitive proce-
dures’’ means procedures under which an execu-
tive agency enters into a contract pursuant to
full and open competition. The term also in-
cludes—
(1) procurement of architectural or engineer-
ing services conducted in accordance with
chapter 11 of title 40;
(2) the competitive selection of basic re-
search proposals resulting from a general so-
licitation and the peer review or scientific re-
view (as appropriate) of those proposals;
(3) the procedures established by the Admin-
istrator of General Services for the multiple
awards schedule program of the General Serv-
ices Administration if—
(A) participation in the program has been
open to all responsible sources; and
(B) orders and contracts under those proce-
dures result in the lowest overall cost alter-
native to meet the needs of the Federal Gov-
ernment;
(4) procurements conducted in furtherance of
section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644) as long as all responsible business con-
cerns that are entitled to submit offers for
those procurements are permitted to compete;
and
(5) a competitive selection of research pro-
posals resulting from a general solicitation
and peer review or scientific review (as appro-
priate) solicited pursuant to section 9 of that
Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3683.)
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41:259(b).
June
30,
1949,
ch.
288,
§ 309(b), as added Pub. L.
98–369,
title
VII,
§ 2711(a)(3), July 18, 1984, 98
Stat. 1180; Pub. L. 98–577,
§ 504(a)(3), Oct. 30, 1984, 98
Stat. 3086; Pub. L. 105–85,
title X, § 1073(g)(1), N
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