§ 728. Misuse of Department purchase cards

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2018

   Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018

   Pub. L. 115–407 title V § 501(a) · 132 Stat. 5368

   Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 728

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

   Source evidence

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

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Subchapter I of chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 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.” .

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