---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 219.402"
title: "48"
number: "219.402"
heading: "Small Business Administration procurement center representatives."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/219.402"
---

# §219.402. Small Business Administration procurement center representatives.

- (c)
- (i) **Authority.** This section implements section 1811 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328).
- (ii) **Definition.** As used in this section—

  Humanitarian and civic assistance means any of the following activities carried out in conjunction with authorized military operations in a foreign country:

  - (A) Medical, surgical, dental, and veterinary care provided in areas of a country that are rural or underserved by professionals in those fields, including education, training, and technical assistance related to the care provided.
  - (B) **Construction of rudimentary surface transportation systems.**
  - (C) **Well drilling and construction of basic sanitation facilities.**
  - (D) **Rudimentary construction and repair of public facilities.** ([10 U.S.C. 401(e)](/usc/10/401.md?p=e))
- (iii) **Exclusions.** Unless the contracting activity requests a review, SBA procurement center representatives will not review acquisitions conducted by or for DoD if the acquisition is—
  - (A) For foreign military sales (see 225.7300);
  - (B) In support of humanitarian and civic assistance;
  - (C) In support of a contingency operation;
  - (D) Awarded pursuant to a Status of Forces Agreement or other agreement with the government of a foreign country in which U.S. Armed Forces are deployed; or
  - (E) **Both awarded and performed outside the United States and its outlying areas.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 72562, Dec. 31, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36353, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[84 FR 72562, Dec. 31, 2019]