CIVILIAN AGENCY ACQUISITIONS.

SEC. 4402. CIVILIAN AGENCY ACQUISITIONS. (a) Simplified Acquisition Procedures.— Section 303(g) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(g)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking out “small purchases of property and services” and inserting in lieu thereof “purchases of property and services for amounts not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold”, and (B) by striking out “regulations modified, in accordance with section 2752 of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984,” and inserting in lieu thereof “Federal Acquisition Regulation”; (2) by striking out paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(2) (A) The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe regulations that provide special simplified procedures for acquisitions of leasehold interests in real property at rental rates that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. “(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the rental rate or rates under a multiyear lease do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold if the average annual amount of the rent payable for the period of the lease does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.”; (3) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking out “small purchase threshold” and inserting in lieu thereof “simplified acquisition threshold”; and (B) by striking out “small purchase procedures” and inserting in lieu thereof “simplified procedures”; (4) in paragraph (4), by striking out “small purchase procedures” and inserting in lieu thereof “the simplified procedures”; and (5) by striking out paragraph (5). (b) Solicitation Content Requirement.— Section 303A(b) of such Act (41 U.S.C. 253a(b)) is amended by striking out “small purchases)” in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof “a purchase for an amount not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold)”. 108 STAT. 3349 (c) Cost Type Contracts.— Section 304(b) of such Act (41 U.S.C. 254(b)) is amended in the sentence beginning with “All cost and cost-plus-a-fixed-fee” by striking out “either $25,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “either the simplified acquisition threshold”.