116 STAT. 2226 PUBLIC LAW 107-296—NOV. 25, 2002 Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate— (A) notification of such determination; and (B) the justification for such determination. (b) INCREASED MICRO-PURCHASE THRESHOLD FOR CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS. — (1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary may designate certain employees of the Department to make procurements described in subsection (a) for which in the administration of section 32 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428) the amount specified in subsections (c), (d), and (f) of such section 32 shall be deemed to be $7,500. (2) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.—The number of employees designated under paragraph (1) shall be— (A) fewer than the number of employees of the Department who are authorized to make purchases without obtaining competitive quotations, pursuant to section 32(c) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428(c)); (B) sufficient to ensure the geographic dispersal of the availability of the use of the procurement authority under such paragraph at locations reasonably considered to be potential terrorist targets; and (C) sufficiently limited to allow for the careful monitoring of employees designated under such paragraph. (3) REVIEW. —Procurements made under the authority of this subsection shall be subject to review by a designated supervisor on not less than a monthly basis. The supervisor responsible for the review shall be responsible for no more than 7 employees making procurements under this subsection. (c) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES.— (1) IN GENERAL.— With respect to a procurement described in subsection (a), the Secretary may deem the simplified acquisition threshold referred to in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11)) to be— (A) in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, within the United States, $200,000; and (B) in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside of the United States, $300,000. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 18(c)(1) of the 41 USC 416. Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act is amended— (A) by striking "or" at the end of subparagraph (F); (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (G) and inserting "; or"; and (C) by adding at the end the following: "(H) the procurement is by the Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to the special procedures provided in section 833(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.". (d) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS AUTHORI- TIES.— (1) IN GENERAL.— With respect to a procurement described in subsection (a), the Secretary may deem any item or service to be a commercial item for the purpose of Federal procurement laws.
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