10 USC § 3571 - Simplified acquisition threshold

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title: "10 USC § 3571 - Simplified acquisition threshold"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3571"
section_name: "Simplified acquisition threshold"
chapter_number: 251
chapter_name: "SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "ACQUISITION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added and amended Pub. L. 103–355, title IV, §§ 4002(a), 4102(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3338, 3340, § 2302a; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(b)(9), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3843; renumbered § 3571 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1823(b), (c)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4205.)"
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# § 3571. Simplified acquisition threshold

**(a)** **Simplified Acquisition Threshold.—** For purposes of acquisitions by agencies named in section 3063 of this title, the simplified acquisition threshold is as specified in section 134 of title 41.

**(b)** **Inapplicable Laws.—** No law properly listed in the Federal Acquisition Regulation pursuant to section 1905 of title 41 shall apply to or with respect to a contract or subcontract that is not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold.

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 103–355, title IV, §§ 4002(a), 4102(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3338, 3340, § 2302a; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(b)(9), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3843; renumbered § 3571 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1823(b), (c)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4205.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3571, , ; , , ; , , , provided that commissioned officers of the Army on active duty in the same grade rank among themselves according to date of rank and specified procedures for determining date of rank, prior to repeal by , title VII, § 701, , , 2955, effective . See .

### Amendments

2021—, renumbered  as this section.

Subsec. (a). , substituted “section 3063” for “section 2303”.

2011—Subsec. (a). , substituted “” for “section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act”.

Subsec. (b). , substituted “” for “section 33 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act”.

1994—Subsec. (b). , added subsec. (b).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Effective Date

For effective date and applicability of section, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1994 Amendment note under .