6 U.S.C. § 425: Application of certain…

§425 Application of Certain Commercial Items Authorities to Certain Procurements

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 › § 425

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agency leaders can use certain buying rules made for commercial items when they make the specific purchases covered elsewhere in the law, even if the goods or services are not commercial. The usual $5,000,000 cap on simplified purchase procedures does not apply when those rules are used. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must issue guidance on using simplified procedures for purchases above $5,000,000. Any authority that would have expired under the Clinger‑Cohen Act still stays in effect for these uses.

Title 6, §425

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(a)Authority

(1)In general

The head of an executive agency may apply the provisions of law listed in paragraph (2) to a procurement referred to in section 422 of this title without regard to whether the property or services are commercial items.

(2)Commercial item laws

The provisions of law referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:

(A)section 1901 and 1906 of title 41.

(B)Section 3205 of title 10.

(C)Section 3305 of title 41.

(b)Inapplicability of limitation on use of simplified acquisition procedures

(1)In general

The $5,000,000 limitation provided in section 1901(a)(2) of title 41, section 3205(a)(2) of title 10, and section 3305(a)(2) of title 41 shall not apply to purchases of property or services to which any of the provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) are applied under the authority of this section.

(2)OMB guidance

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidance and procedures for the use of simplified acquisition procedures for a purchase of property or services in excess of $5,000,000 under the authority of this section.

(c)Continuation of authority for simplified purchase procedures

Authority under a provision of law referred to in subsection (a)(2) that expires under section 4202(e) of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (divisions D and E of Public Law 104–106; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) shall, notwithstanding such section, continue to apply for use by the head of an executive agency as provided in subsections (a) and (b).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 4202(e) of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, referred to in subsec. (c), is section 4202(e) of Pub. L. 104–106, which is set out as a note under section 2304 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 117–81, § 1702(c)(3)(A), added subpars. (A) to (C) and struck out former subpars. (A) to (C) which read as follows: “(A) section 1901 and 1906 of title 41. “(B) section 2304(g) of title 10. “(C) Section 3305 of title 41.” Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 117–81, § 1702(c)(3)(B), substituted “provided in section 1901(a)(2) of title 41, section 3205(a)(2) of title 10, and section 3305(a)(2) of title 41 shall not” for “provided in section 1901(a)(2) of title 41, section 2304(g)(1)(B) of title 10, and section 3305(a)(2) of title 41 shall not”.