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Title 41, Public ContractsRelease 119-110

§153 Simplified Acquisition Threshold for Contract in Support of Humanitarian or Peacekeeping Operation

Title 41 › Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy › CHAPTER 1 — DEFINITIONS › SUBCHAPTER III — DIVISION C DEFINITIONS › § 153

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

It doubles the simplified acquisition threshold to two times the amount listed in section 134 for any contract or purchase made outside the United States that supports a humanitarian or peacekeeping mission. A "humanitarian or peacekeeping operation" means a military action that helps deliver humanitarian or foreign disaster aid or supports a United Nations peacekeeping operation under Chapters VI or VII of the UN Charter. It does not include routine training, force rotation, or stationing.

Full Legal Text

Title 41, §153

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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, 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)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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Historical and Revision Notes

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

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110