Misuse of Department purchase cards

  1. Law
  2. USC 38
  3. Veterans' Benefits
  4. GENERAL PROVISIONS
  5. EMPLOYEES
  6. GENERAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS
  7. Misuse of Department purchase cards

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§728. Misuse of Department purchase cards

(a) In General.-(1) The Secretary shall prohibit any employee of the Department who the Secretary or the Inspector General of the Department determines has knowingly misused a purchase card from serving as a purchase card holder or approving official.

(2) Such a prohibition shall be in addition to any other applicable penalty.

(b) Misuse.-For purposes of this section, the term "misuse" means-

(1) splitting purchases;

(2) exceeding applicable purchase card limits or purchase thresholds;

(3) purchasing any unauthorized item;

(4) using a purchase card without being an authorized purchase card holder; or

(5) violating ethics standards.

(Added Pub. L. 115–407, title V, §501(a), Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5376 .)


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