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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

P. L. 108-375

House Conference Report 108-767

SEC. 822. INCREASED THRESHOLDS UNDER SPECIAL EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.

Section 32A(b) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428a(b)) is amended —

(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

     ‘‘(1) the amount specified in subsections (c), (d), and (f) of section 32 shall be deemed to be — 

‘‘(A) $15,000 in the case of any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, inside the United States; and

‘‘(B) $25,000 in the case of any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States; and’’; and

     (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’.

The conferees agree to include a provision that would increase the dollar thresholds below which the Department of Defense may use streamlined acquisition procedures for purchases outside the United States in support of a contingency operation or to facilitate the defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack against the United States.  The provision included in the conference report would raise the simplified acquisition threshold for such purchases from $500,000 to $1,000,000 and it would raise the micropurchase threshold for such purchases from $15,000 to $25,000.