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41 U.S.C. § 1908 — Inflation adjustment of acquisition-related dollar thresholds
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**(a) Definition.—** In this section, the term “Council” has the meaning given that term in [section 1301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Application.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), the requirement for adjustment under subsection (c) applies to a dollar threshold that is specified in law as a factor in defining the scope of the applicability of a policy, procedure, requirement, or restriction provided in that law to the procurement of property or services by an executive agency, as the Council determines.
(2) **Exceptions.—** — Subsection (c) does not apply to dollar thresholds—
(A) in chapters 67 and 83 of this title;
(B) in sections 3141 to 3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40;
(C) the United States Trade Representative establishes pursuant to title III of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 ([19 U.S.C. 2511](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2511&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); or
(D) in sections 3131 through 3134 of title 40, except any modification of any such dollar threshold made by regulation in effect on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph shall remain in effect.
(3) **Relationship to other inflation adjustment authorities.—** — This section supersedes the applicability of other provisions of law that provide for the adjustment of a dollar threshold that is adjustable under this section.
**(c) Requirement for Periodic Adjustment.—**
(1) **Baseline constant dollar value.—** — For purposes of paragraph (2), the baseline constant dollar value for a dollar threshold—
(A) in effect on October 1, 2000, that was first specified in a law that took effect on or before October 1, 20
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**(a) Definition.—** In this section, the term “Council” has the meaning given that term in [section 1301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Application.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), the requirement for adjustment under subsection (c) applies to a dollar threshold that is specified in law as a factor in defining the scope of the applicability of a policy, procedure, requirement, or restriction provided in that law to the procurement of property or services by an executive agency, as the Council determines.
(2) **Exceptions.—** — Subsection (c) does not apply to dollar thresholds—
(A) in chapters 67 and 83 of this title;
(B) in sections 3141 to 3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40;
(C) the United States Trade Representative establishes pursuant to title III of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 ([19 U.S.C. 2511](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2511&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); or
(D) in sections 3131 through 3134 of title 40, except any modification of any such dollar threshold made by regulation in effect on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph shall remain in effect.
(3) **Relationship to other inflation adjustment authorities.—** — This section supersedes the applicability of other provisions of law that provide for the adjustment of a dollar threshold that is adjustable under this section.
**(c) Requirement for Periodic Adjustment.—**
(1) **Baseline constant dollar value.—** — For purposes of paragraph (2), the baseline constant dollar value for a dollar threshold—
(A) in effect on October 1, 2000, that was first specified in a law that took effect on or before October 1, 2000, is the October 1, 2000, constant dollar value of that dollar threshold; and
(B) specified in a law that takes effect after October 1, 2000, is the constant dollar value of that threshold as of the effective date of that dollar threshold pursuant to that law.
(2) **Adjustment.—** — On October 1 of each year evenly divisible by 5, the Council shall adjust each acquisition-related dollar threshold provided by law, as described in subsection (b)(1), to the baseline constant dollar value of that threshold.
(3) **Exclusive means of adjustment.—** — A dollar threshold adjustable under this section shall be adjusted only as provided in this section.
**(d) Publication.—** The Council shall publish a notice of the adjusted dollar thresholds under this section in the Federal Register. The thresholds take effect on the date of publication and shall apply, in the case of the procurement of property or services by contract, to a contract, and any subcontract at any tier under the contract, in effect on that date without regard to the date of award of the contract or subcontract.
**(e) Calculation.—** An adjustment under this section shall be—
(1) calculated on the basis of changes in the Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers published monthly by the Secretary of Labor; and
(2) rounded, in the case of a dollar threshold that as calculated under paragraph (1) is—
(A) less than $10,000, to the nearest $500;
(B) not less than $10,000, but less than $100,000, to the nearest $5,000;
(C) not less than $100,000, but less than $1,000,000, to the nearest $50,000;
(D) not less than $1,000,000, but less than $10,000,000, to the nearest $500,000;
(E) not less than $10,000,000, but less than $100,000,000, to the nearest $5,000,000;
(F) not less than $100,000,000, but less than $1,000,000,000, to the nearest $50,000,000; and
(G) $1,000,000,000 or more, to the nearest $500,000,000.
**(f) Petition for Inclusion of Omitted Threshold.—**
(1) **Petition submitted to administrator.—** — A person may request adjustment of a dollar threshold adjustable under this section that is not included in a notice of adjustment published under subsection (d) by submitting a petition for adjustment to the Administrator.
(2) **Actions of administrator.—** — On receipt of a petition for adjustment of a dollar threshold under paragraph (1), the Administrator—
(A) shall determine, in writing, whether the dollar threshold is required to be adjusted under this section; and
(B) on determining that it should be adjusted, shall publish in the Federal Register a revised notice of the adjustment dollar thresholds under this section that includes the adjustment of the dollar threshold covered by the petition.
(3) **Effective date of adjustment by petition.—** — The adjustment of a dollar threshold pursuant to a petition under this subsection takes effect on the date the revised notice adding the adjustment under paragraph (2)(B) is published.
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**(a) In general** An agency may not determine that a sanitary or phytosanitary measure of a foreign country is equivalent to a sanitary or phytosanitary measure established under the authority of Federal law unless the agency determines that the sanitary or phytosanitary measure of the foreign country provides at least the same level of sanitary or phytosanitary protection as the comparable sanitary or phytosanitary measure established under the authority of Federal law.
**(b) FDA determination** If the Commissioner proposes to issue a determination of the equivalency of a sanitary or phytosanitary measure of a foreign country to a measure that is required to be promulgated as a rule under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ([21 U.S.C. 301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or other statute administered by the Food and Drug Administration, the Commissioner shall issue a proposed regulation to incorporate such determination and shall include in the notice of proposed rulemaking the basis for the determination that the sanitary or phytosanitary measure of a foreign country provides at least the same level of sanitary or phytosanitary protection as the comparable Federal sanitary or phytosanitary measure. The Commissioner shall provide opportunity for interested persons to comment on the proposed regulation. The Commissioner shall not issue a final regulation based on the proposal without taking into account the comments received.
**(c) Notice** If the Commissioner proposes to issue a determination of the equivalency of a sanitary or phytosanitary measure of a foreign country to a sanitary or phytosanitary measure of the Food and Drug Administration that is not required to be promulgated
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This Act may be cited as the “Trade Agreements Act of 1979”.
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**(a) General Authorities.—** The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of each military department may—
(1) provide for insurance of official motor vehicles in a foreign country when the laws of such country require such insurance; and
(2) purchase right-hand drive passenger sedans at a cost of not more than $30,000 each.
**(b) Hire of Passenger Vehicles.—** Amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance of the active forces may be used for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
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In this subchapter, the term “Council” means the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council established under [section 1302(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1302/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Establishment.—** There is a Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to assist in the direction and coordination of Government-wide procurement policy and Government-wide procurement regulatory activities in the Federal Government.
**(b) Membership.—**
(1) **Makeup of council.—** — The Council consists of—
(A) the Administrator;
(B) the Secretary of Defense;
(C) the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space; and
(D) the Administrator of General Services.
(2) **Designation of other officials.—**
(A) *Officials who may be designated.—* — Notwithstanding section 121(d)(1) and (2) of title 40, the officials specified in subparagraphs (B) to (D) of paragraph (1) may designate to serve on and attend meetings of the Council in place of that official—
(i) the official assigned by statute with the responsibility for acquisition policy in each of their respective agencies or, in the case of the Secretary of Defense, an official at an organizational level not lower than an Assistant Secretary of Defense within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; or
(ii) if no official of that agency is assigned by statute with the responsibility for acquisition policy for that agency, the official designated pursuant to [section 1702(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1702/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) *Limitation on designation.—* — No other official or employee may be designated to serve on the Council.
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**(a) When Required.—** The head of an agency shall require offerors, contractors, and subcontractors to make cost or pricing data available as follows:
(1) **Offeror for prime contract.—** — An offeror for a prime contract under a chapter 137 legacy provision to be entered into using procedures other than sealed-bid procedures that is only expected to receive one bid shall be required to submit cost or pricing data before the award of a contract if—
(A) in the case of a prime contract entered into after June 30, 2026, the price of the contract to the United States is expected to exceed $10,000,000; and
(B) in the case of a prime contract entered into on or before June 30, 2026, the price of the contract to the United States is expected to exceed $2,000,000.
(2) **Contractor.—** — The contractor for a prime contract under a chapter 137 legacy provision shall be required to submit cost or pricing data before the pricing of a change or modification to the contract if the price adjustment is expected to exceed $10,000,000.
(3) **Offeror for subcontract.—**
(A) An offeror for a subcontract (at any tier) of a contract under this chapter shall be required to submit cost or pricing data before the award of the subcontract if the prime contractor and each higher-tier subcontractor have been required to make available cost or pricing data under this chapter and—
(i) in the case of a prime contract entered into after June 30, 2026, the price of the subcontract is expected to exceed $10,000,000; or
(ii) in the case of a prime contract entered into on or before June 30, 2026, the price of the subcontract is expected to exceed $2,000,000..11 So in original.
(B)
(i) An offeror for a subcontract (at any tier) of a contract under this chapter that is requi
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Effective on October 1 of each year that is divisible by five, the amount set forth in [section 3741(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3741/2&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be adjusted in accordance with [section 1908 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1908&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Authority of Administration to guarantee surety against loss from principal’s breach of bond**
(1)
(A) The Administration may, upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, guarantee and enter into commitments to guarantee any surety against loss resulting from a breach of the terms of a bid bond, payment bond, performance bond, or bonds ancillary thereto, by a principal on any total work order or contract amount at the time of bond execution that does not exceed $6,500,000, as adjusted for inflation in accordance with [section 1908 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1908&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) The Administrator may guarantee a surety under subparagraph (A) for a total work order or contract amount that does not exceed $10,000,000, if a contracting officer of a Federal agency certifies that such a guarantee is necessary.
(2) The terms and conditions of said guarantees and commitments may vary from surety to surety on the basis of the Administration’s experience with the particular surety.
(3) The Administration may authorize any surety, without further administration approval, to issue, monitor, and service such bonds subject to the Administration’s guarantee.
(4) No such guarantee may be issued, unless—
(A) the person who would be principal under the bond is a small business concern;
(B) the bond is required in order for such person to bid on a contract, or to serve as a prime contractor or subcontractor thereon;
(C) such person is not able to obtain such bond on reasonable terms and conditions without a guarantee under this section; and
(D) there is a reasonable expectation that such principal will perform the covenants and conditions of the contract with respect to which such
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In this subchapter:
(1) The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2) The term “information technology” has the meaning given that term in [section 11101 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section11101&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3)
(A) The term “information technology project” means a project or program of the Department (including a project or program of any element of the Department) for, or including, the acquisition or implementation of information technology.
(B) In cases where the Secretary transmits to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget information regarding information technology investments, which may consist of individual or multiple projects, the term “information technology project” refers to an individual project or program or a grouping of multiple projects or programs resulting in the acquisition or implementation of discrete information technology.
(4) The term “life cycle costs” means all direct and indirect costs to acquire, implement, operate, and maintain information technology, including with respect to costs of any element of the Department.
(5) The term “major information technology project” means an information technology project if—
(A) the project is designated by the Secretary, the Chief Information Officer of the Department, or the Director of the Office of Management and Budget as a major information technology investment, as defined in [section 11302 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section11302&num=0&
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**(a) Authority.—**
(1) **Cost accounting standards board.—** — The Cost Accounting Standards Board has exclusive authority to prescribe, amend, and rescind cost accounting standards, and interpretations of the standards, designed to achieve uniformity and consistency in the cost accounting standards governing measurement, assignment, and allocation of costs to contracts with the Federal Government.
(2) **Administrator for federal procurement policy.—** — The Administrator, after consultation with the Board, shall prescribe rules and procedures governing actions of the Board under this chapter. The rules and procedures shall require that any action to prescribe, amend, or rescind a standard or interpretation be approved by majority vote of the Board.
**(b) Mandatory Use of Standards.—**
(1) **Subcontract.—**
(A) *Definition.—* — In this paragraph, the term “subcontract” includes a transfer of commercial products or commercial services between divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a contractor or subcontractor.
(B) *When standards are to be used.—* — Cost accounting standards prescribed under this chapter are mandatory for use by all executive agencies and by contractors and subcontractors in estimating, accumulating, and reporting costs in connection with the pricing and administration of, and settlement of disputes concerning, all negotiated prime contract and subcontract procurements with the Federal Government in excess 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “of”. $35,000,000, as adjusted in accordance with applicable requirements of law, including requirements relating to inflation in [section 1908 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1908&num=0&edition=prelim).
(C) *Nonapplication of
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