§ 421 Definition
§ 422 Procurements for defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack
§ 423 Increased simplified acquisition threshold for procurements in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations or contingency operations
§ 424 Increased micro-purchase threshold for certain procurements
§ 425 Application of certain commercial items authorities to certain procurements
§ 426 Use of streamlined procedures
§ 427 Review and report by Comptroller General
§ 428 Identification of new entrants into the Federal marketplace
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 6 > Chapter 1 > Subchapter VIII > Part F - Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Ranking minority member: The highest ranking (and usually longest serving) minority member of a committee or subcommittee.
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.