41 U.S.C. § 1903: Special emergency procurement authority

in support of a contingency operation (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10 ); to facilitate the defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack against the United States; 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 ( 22 U.S.C. 2292 et seq.); or 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 ( 42 U.S.C. 5122 )). $15,000 in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, in the United States; and $25,000 in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States; $750,000 in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, in the United States; and $1,500,000 in the case of a contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States; 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 $10,000,000. 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. cost accounting standards prescribed under section 1502 of this title ; or cost or pricing data requirements (commonly referred to as truth in negotiating) under chapter 35 of this title and chapter 271 of title 10.