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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle B--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitation

P. L. 111-

House Conference Report 111-288

    Section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (division D of Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 652; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) as amended by section 822 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 226) is amended in subsection (e) by striking ``2010'' and inserting ``2012''.

   The House bill contained a provision (sec. 815) that would extend for 2 years the authority for federal agencies to use simplified acquisition procedures to acquire certain commercial items.

   The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

   The Senate recedes.

House Report 111-166 - NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010

SECTION 815--EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR USE OF SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS

This section would amend section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-106) to extend the authority to use simplified acquisition procedures for commercial items that are less than $5.5 million in value for two additional years, until January 1, 2012.