Sec. 816. Special operations forces procurement authority
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Section 1903 of title 41, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking For a procurement and inserting Except as provided in subsection (d), for a procurement ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: For the purposes of this section— a procurement for special operations forces to perform activities described in section 167(k) of title 10 in support of an undeclared contingency operation shall be deemed to be in support of a contingency operation (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10); contracts to be awarded with respect to such a procurement shall be deemed to be awarded and performed outside of the United States; purchases to be made under such a procurement shall be deemed to be made outside of the United States; and with respect to such a procurement to which this section applies under subsection (a)— the amount in subsection (b)(1) is deemed to be $35,000; and the $5,000,000 limitation in sections 1901(a)(2) and 3305(a)(2) of this title and section 3205(a)(2) of title 10 is deemed to be $15,000,000.
In this subsection: The term special operations forces has the meaning given such term in section 167(j) of title 10. The term undeclared contingency operation means an operation in which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in military actions, operations, or hostilities against an enemy of the United States or against an opposing foreign force, other than an operation designated by the Secretary of Defense as a contingency operation (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10). .