6 USC § 423 - Increased simplified acquisition threshold for procurements in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations or contingency operations

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title: "6 USC § 423 - Increased simplified acquisition threshold for procurements in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations or contingency operations"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "423"
section_name: "Increased simplified acquisition threshold for procurements in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations or contingency operations"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 853, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2235; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1702(c)(2), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2155.)"
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# § 423. Increased simplified acquisition threshold for procurements in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations or contingency operations

**(a)** **Temporary threshold amounts** 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)** **Simplified acquisition threshold definitions** 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)** **Small business reserve** section 644(j) of title 15

For a procurement carried out pursuant to subsection (a),  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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 853, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2235; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1702(c)(2), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2155.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (b).  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 ().

“(2) Section 309(d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ().

“(3) .”