To amend section 1908 of title 41, United States Code, to exempt certain contracts from the periodic inflation adjustments to an acquisition-related dollar threshold.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2949 To amend section 1908 of title 41, United States Code, to exempt certain contracts from the periodic inflation adjustments to an acquisition-related dollar threshold. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 30, 2021 Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself and Mr. DONALDS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend section 1908 of title 41, United States Code, to exempt certain contracts from the periodic inflation adjustments to an acquisition-related dollar threshold. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS FROM 3 THE PERIODIC INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS TO 4 THE ACQUISITION-RELATED DOLLAR 5 THRESHOLD. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1908(b)(2) of title 41, 7 United States Code, is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:12 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2949.IH H2949 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2949 IH (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 1 the end; 2 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 3 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 4 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub- 5 paragraph: 6 ‘‘(D) in sections 3131 through 3134 of 7 title 40, except any modification of any such 8 dollar threshold made by regulation in effect on 9 the date of the enactment of this subparagraph 10 shall remain in effect.’’. 11 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1908(d) of 12 such title is amended by striking the period at the end. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:12 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2949.IH H2949 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS