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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Subtitle B--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations
P. L. 114-	House Conference Report. 114-270
SEC. 816. Amendment to acquisition threshold for special emergency procurement authority. Section 1903(b)(2) of title 41, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “$250,000” and inserting “$750,000”; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking “$1,000,000” and inserting “$1,500,000”.	Amendment to acquisition threshold for special emergency procurement authority (sec. 816) The House bill contained a provision (sec. 854) that would raise the simplified acquisition threshold from $100,000 to $500,000, the micro-purchase threshold from $3,000 to $5,000, and the special emergency procurement authority threshold for purchases inside the United States from $250,000 to $750,000 and for purchases outside the United States from $1.0 million to $1.5 million, and the small business reservation threshold from $100,000 to $500,000. The Senate amendment contained no similar provision. The Senate recedes with an amendment that would amend section 1903 of title 41, United States Code to raise the special emergency procurement authority threshold. House Report 114-201 to accompany H. R. 1735 as it was reported out of the House Armed Services Committee. Section 854--Amendments to Certain Acquisition Thresholds This section would amend section 134 of title 41, United States Code, by raising the simplified acquisition threshold from $100,000 to $500,000. The committee is aware that section 807 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375) requires an adjustment every 5 years of acquisition related thresholds for inflation, except for Davis-Bacon Act, Service Contract Act, and trade agreements thresholds, using the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers. The committee notes that the current adjusted simplified acquisition threshold is $150,000. However, the committee believes changing the simplified acquisition threshold to $500,000 will further enable Federal agencies to buy products and services more quickly, more economically, and with a focus on small businesses. In order to maintain parity with other established thresholds, this section would also amend section 1902 of title 41, United States Code, by raising the micro-purchase threshold from $3,000 to $5,000. Furthermore, this section would also amend section 1903 of title 41, United States Code, by raising the special emergency procurement authority threshold for purchases inside the United States from $250,000 to $750,000 and raising the threshold for such authority for purchases outside the United States from $1.0 million to $1.5 million. Finally, this section would amend section 15(j)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(j)(1)) by raising the small business reservation threshold from $100,000 to $500,000.