Title 41 — Public ContractsRelease 119-73
§153 Simplified acquisition threshold for contract in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operation
Title 41 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Federal Procurement Policy › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - DEFINITIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - DIVISION C DEFINITIONS › § 153
Summary
For contracts or purchases made outside the U.S. in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations, the simplified acquisition threshold is two times the amount shown in section 134. "Humanitarian or peacekeeping operation" means military help to deliver humanitarian or disaster aid or U.N. peacekeeping (Ch. VI or VII) and does not include routine training, force rotations, or stationing.
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Title 41, §153
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(1)In division C, the term “simplified acquisition threshold” has the meaning provided that term in section 134 of this title, 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.
(2)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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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 153(1)41:259(d)(1).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 309(d)(1), as added Pub. L. 103–355, title I, § 1551, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3299; Pub. L. 104–201, title VIII, § 807(b)(1), (2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2606. 153(2)41:259(d)(2).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 309(d)(2), as added Pub. L. 104–201, title VIII, § 807(b)(3), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2606. In paragraph (1), the words “a contingency operation or”, and the text of 41 U.S.C. 259(d)(2)(A), are omitted because the increased simplified acquisition threshold established under section 32A of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (Public Law 93–400) in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States in support of a contingency operation supersedes the threshold established under this section. section 32A is restated as section 1903 of the revised title.
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41 U.S.C. § 153
Title 41 — Public Contracts
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73