((a)) ** .—** The authorities provided in subsections (b) and (c) apply with respect to a procurement of property or services by or for an executive agency that the head of the executive agency determines are to be used—

((1)) in support of a contingency operation (as defined in );

((2)) to facilitate the defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack against the United States;

((3)) in support of a request from the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to facilitate the provision of international disaster assistance pursuant to chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( et seq.); or

((4)) in support of an emergency or major disaster (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ()).

((b)) ** .—** For a procurement to which this section applies under subsection (a)—

((1)) the amount specified in section 1902(a), (d), and (e) of this title shall be deemed to be—

((A)) $15,000 in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, in the United States; and

((B)) $25,000 in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States;

((2)) the term “simplified acquisition threshold” means—

((A)) $750,000 in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, in the United States; and

((B)) $1,500,000 in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States; and

((3)) the $5,000,000 limitation in sections 1901(a)(2) and 3305(a)(2) of this title and is deemed to be $10,000,000.

((c))

((1)) ** .—** The head of an executive agency carrying out a procurement of property or a service to which this section applies under subsection (a)(2) may treat the property or service as a commercial product or a commercial service for the purpose of carrying out the procurement.

((2)) ** .—** A contract in an amount of more than $15,000,000 that is awarded on a sole source basis for a product or service treated as a commercial product or a commercial service under paragraph (1) is not exempt from—

((A)) cost accounting standards prescribed under ; or

((B)) cost or pricing data requirements (commonly referred to as truth in negotiating) under chapter 35 of this title and chapter 271 of title 10.