ARMED SERVICES ACQUISITIONS.

SEC. 4102. ARMED SERVICES ACQUISITIONS. (a) List of Inapplicable Laws in FAR.— Section 2302a of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 4002, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(b) Inapplicable Laws.— No law properly listed in the Federal Acquisition Regulation pursuant to section 33 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act shall apply to or with respect to a contract or subcontract that is not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold.”. (b) Inapplicability of Requirement for Contract Clause Regarding Contingent Fees.— Section 2306(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “This subsection does not apply to a contract that is for an amount not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold.”. (c) Inapplicability of Authority To Examine Books and Records of Contractors.— Section 2313 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 2201, is further amended by adding at the end of subsection (f) the following: “(2) A contract or subcontract that is for an amount not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold.”. (d) Inapplicability of Requirement To Identify Suppliers and Sources of Supplies.— Section 2384(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) The regulations prescribed pursuant to paragraph (1) do not apply to a contract for an amount not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (as defined in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11)).”. (e) Inapplicability of Prohibition Against Doing Business with Certain Offerors or Contractors.— Section 2393(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended in the second sentence by striking out “above” and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof “greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (as defined in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11))).”. (f) Inapplicability of Prohibition on Limiting Subcontractor Direct Sales to the United States.— Section 2402 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) This section does not apply to a contract that is for an amount not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (as defined in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11))).”. (g) Inapplicability of Prohibition on Persons Convicted of Defense-Related Felonies.— Section 2408(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to the following: “(A) A contract referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of such paragraph that is not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (as defined in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11))). 108 STAT. 3341 “(C) A subcontract referred to in such subparagraph that is under a contract described in subparagraph (A).”. (h) Inapplicability of Contractor Inventory Accounting System Standards.— Section 2410b of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” before “The Secretary”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(b) The regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) shall not apply to a contract that is for an amount not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold.”. (i) Inapplicability of Miscellaneous Procurement Limitations.— Section 2534 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(g) Inapplicability to Contracts under Simplified Acquisition Threshold.— This section does not apply to a contract or subcontract for an amount that does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.”.