48 CFR § 225.7603 - 225.7603 Exceptions.

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title: "48 CFR § 225.7603 - 225.7603   Exceptions."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "225.7603"
section_name: "225.7603   Exceptions."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
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subchapter_name: "SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
part_number: "225"
part_name: "FOREIGN ACQUISITION"
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authority: "41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 36367, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 225.7603 225.7603   Exceptions.

This restriction does not apply to—

(a) Purchases at or below the simplified acquisition threshold;

(b) Contracts for consumable supplies, provisions, or services for the support of United States forces or of allied forces in a foreign country; or

(c) Contracts pertaining to the use of any equipment, technology, data, or services for intelligence or classified purposes, or to the acquisition or lease thereof, in the interest of national security.