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biological, radiological, or nuclear agent that may 
cause a public health emergency affecting national 
security. 
‘‘(3) INTERAGENCY COOPERATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out activi-
ties under this section, the Secretary is author-
ized, subject to subparagraph (B), to enter into 
interagency agreements and other collaborative 
undertakings with other agencies of the United 
States Government. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—An agreement or un-
dertaking under this paragraph shall not au-
thorize another agency to exercise the authori-
ties provided by this section. 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF FACILITIES TO THE SEC-
RETARY.—In any grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement entered into under the authority provided 
in this section with respect to a biocontainment lab-
oratory or other related or ancillary specialized re-
search facility that the Secretary determines nec-
essary for the purpose of performing, administering, 
or supporting qualified countermeasure research and 
development, the Secretary may provide that the fa-
cility that is the object of such grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement shall be available as needed to
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the Secretary to respond to public health emer-
gencies affecting national security. 
‘‘(5) TRANSFERS
OF
QUALIFIED
COUNTER-
MEASURES.—Each agreement for an award of a 
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under sec-
tion 319F(h) for the development of a qualified 
countermeasure shall provide that the recipient of 
the award will comply with all applicable export-re-
lated controls with respect to such countermeasure. 
‘‘(b) EXPEDITED PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) 
INCREASED
SIMPLIFIED
ACQUISITION 
THRESHOLD
FOR
QUALIFIED
COUNTERMEASURE 
PROCUREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For any procurement 
by the Secretary of property or services for use 
(as determined by the Secretary) in performing, 
administering, or supporting qualified counter-
measure research or development activities 
under this section that the Secretary deter-
mines necessary to respond to pressing research 
and development needs under this section, the 
amount specified in section 4(11) of the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
403(11)), as applicable pursuant to section 
302A(a) of the Federal Property and Adminis-
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trative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 
252a(a)), shall be deemed to be $25,000,000 in 
the administration, with respect to such pro-
curement, of—
‘‘(i) section 303(g)(1)(A) of the Fed-
eral Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(g)(1)(A)) and 
its implementing regulations; and 
‘‘(ii) section 302A(b) of such Act (41 
U.S.C. 252a(b)) and its implementing reg-
ulations. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION
OF
CERTAIN
PROVI-
SIONS.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph 
(A) 
and the provision of law and regulations re-
ferred to in such subparagraph, each of the fol-
lowing provisions shall apply to procurements 
described in this paragraph to the same extent 
that such provisions would apply to such pro-
curements in the absence of subparagraph (A): 
‘‘(i) Chapter 37 of title 40, United 
States Code (relating to contract work 
hours and safety standards). 
‘‘(ii) Subsections (a) and (b) of sec-
tion 7 of the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 
(41 U.S.C. 57(a) and (b)).
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‘‘(iii) Section 304C of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254d) (relating to the 
examination of contractor records). 
‘‘(C) INTERNAL CONTROLS TO BE INSTI-
TUTED.—The Secretary shall institute appro-
priate internal controls for procurements that 
are under this paragraph, including require-
ments with regard to documenting the justifica-
tion for use of the authority in this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) PROCEDURES
OTHER
THAN
FULL
AND 
OPEN COMPETITION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In using the authority 
provided in section 303(c)(1) of title III of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1)) to use proce-
dures other than competitive procedures in the 
case of a procurement described in paragraph 
(1) of this subsection, the phrase ‘available 
from only one responsible source’ in such sec-
tion 303(c)(1) shall be deemed to mean ‘avail-
able from only one responsible source or only 
from a limited number of responsible sources’. 
‘‘(B) RELATION
TO
OTHER
AUTHORI-
TIES.—The authority under subparagraph (A)
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is in addition to any other authority to use pro-
cedures other than competitive procedures. 
‘‘(C) 
APPLICABLE
GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall implement 
this paragraph in accordance with applicable 
government-wide regulations, including require-
ments that offers be solicited from as many po-
tential sources as is practicable under the cir-
cumstances, that required notices be published, 
and that submitted offers be considered. 
‘‘(3) INCREASED
MICROPURCHASE
THRESH-
OLD.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For a procurement 
described by paragraph (1), the amount speci-
fied in subsections (c), (d), and (f) of section 32 
of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
(41 U.S.C. 428) shall be deemed to be $15,000 
in the administration of that section with re-
spect to such procurement. 
‘‘(B) INTERNAL CONTROLS TO BE INSTI-
TUTED.—The Secretary shall institute appro-
priate internal controls for purchases that are 
under this paragraph and that are greater than 
$2,500.
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‘‘(C) EXCEPTION
TO
PREFERENCE
FOR 
PURCHASE CARD MECHANISM.—No provision of 
law establishing a preference for using a Gov-
ernment purchase card method for purchases 
shall apply to purchases that are under this 
paragraph and that are greater than $2,500. 
‘‘(4) REVIEW.—
‘‘(A) REVIEW ALLOWED.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, including subsection 
(f), review of a contracting agency decision re-
lating to a procurement described in paragraph 
(1) may be had only by filing a protest—
‘‘(i) with a contracting agency; or 
‘‘(ii) with the Comptroller General 
under subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 
31, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) OVERRIDE
OF
STAY
OF
CONTRACT 
AWARD
OR
PERFORMANCE
COMMITTED
TO 
AGENCY
DISCRETION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of law, the following authoriza-
tions by the head of a procuring activity are 
committed to agency discretion: 
‘‘(i) An authorization under section 
3553(c)(2) of title 31, United States Code,