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

Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Contracts in Support of Contingency Operations in Iraq or Afghanistan

P. L. 112-81

House Conference Report 112-329

(a) Authority To Designate Lead Contracting Activity- The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics may designate a single contracting activity inside the United States to act as the lead contracting activity with authority for use of domestic capabilities in support of overseas contracting for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation New Dawn. The contracting activity so designated shall be known as the `lead reach-back contracting authority' for such operations.

(b) Limited Authority for Use of Outside-the-United-States-thresholds- The head of the contracting authority designated pursuant to subsection (a) may, when awarding a contract inside the United States for performance in the theater of operations for Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation New Dawn, use the overseas increased micro-purchase threshold and the overseas increased simplified acquisition threshold in the same manner and to the same extent as if the contract were to be awarded and performed outside the United States.

(c) Definitions- In this section:

(1) The term `overseas increased micro-purchase threshold' means the amount specified in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1903(b) of title 41, United States Code.

(2) The term `overseas increased simplified acquisition threshold' means the amount specified in paragraph (2)(B) of section 1903(b) of title 41, United States Code.

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 822) that would authorize a contracting activity inside the United States to utilize increased thresholds available for overseas contracting, when acting in support of overseas contracting for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation New Dawn.

The Senate amendment contained a similar provision (sec. 865).

The House recedes.

House Report 112-078

This section would allow the Secretary of Defense to apply a simplified acquisition threshold of $1.0 million and micro-purchase threshold of $25,000 for contracting activities supporting contingency operations in the Republic of Iraq or the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, regardless of the location of the contracting activity.

Senate Report 112-26