§423 — Title 6 Domestic Security | U.S. Code

§423 Increased Simplified Acquisition Threshold for Procurements in Support of Humanitarian or Peacekeeping Operations or Contingency Operations

Title 6 › Chapter 1— HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter VIII— COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part F— Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility › § 423

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Use higher small-purchase limits for contracts and buys that support humanitarian, peacekeeping, or contingency operations. If the work happens inside the United States, treat the limit as $200,000. If it happens outside the United States, treat the limit as $300,000. This applies under the government's existing simplified acquisition rules found in three federal procurement laws. Also, apply a related rule about the maximum expected contract value as if its limit were the same $200,000 or $300,000 amounts.

Title 6, §423

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(a)For a procurement referred to in section 422 of this title 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)In this section, the term “simplified acquisition threshold definitions” means the following:

(1)Section 134 of title 41.

(2)Section 153 of title 41.

(3)Section 3015 of title 10.

(c)For a procurement carried out pursuant to subsection (a), section 644(j) of title 15 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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Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–81 added pars. (1) to (3) and struck out former pars. (1) to (3) which read as follows: “(1) section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11)). “(2) section 309(d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 259(d)). “(3) section 2302(7) of title 10.”