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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Chapter 5 — Property Management

§ 611. Duty to report violations

Statutory text

During the regular course of the duties of the Administrator of General Services, if the Administrator becomes aware of a violation of section 1343, 1344, or 1349(b) of title 31 or of section 641 of title 18 involving the conversion by a Federal Government official or employee of a Government-owned or leased motor vehicle to the official or employee’s own use or to the use of others, the Administrator shall report the violation to the head of the agency in which the official or employee is employed, for further investigation and either appropriate disciplinary action under section 1343, 1344, or 1349(b) of title 31 or, if appropriate, referral to the Attorney General for prosecution under section 641 of title 18.

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. Pub. L. 107–217 · 116 Stat. 1062

    Enacted · 40 U.S.C. § 611

    Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1124

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1124

  2. Pub. L. 109–284 § 6(7) · 120 Stat. 1211

    Inserted · 40 U.S.C. § 611

    Pub. L. 109–284 inserted “of title 31” after “under section 1343, 1344, or 1349(b)” and “of title 18” after “under section 641”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 109–284 inserted “of title 31” after “under section 1343, 1344, or 1349(b)” and “of title 18” after “under section 641”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (7) In section 611— (A) after “under section 1343, 1344, or 1349(b)”, insert “of title 31”; and (B) after “under section 641”, insert “of title 18”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
61140:491(l).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 211(l), as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 5(c), 64 Stat. 583; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1211, § 2, 68 Stat. 1128.

The words “section 1343, 1344, or 1349(b) of title 31” are substituted for “section 5 of the Act of July 16, 1914, as amended (5 U.S.C. 78)” and “such section 5” in section 211(l) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 because of section 4(b) of the Act of September 13, 1982 (Public Law 97–258, 96 Stat. 1067), the first section of which enacted Title 31, United States Code.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–284 inserted “of title 31” after “under section 1343, 1344, or 1349(b)” and “of title 18” after “under section 641”.

Credits

2002–2006 · 2 acts
  1. 2002Pub. L. 107–217, , 116 Stat. 1124
  2. 2006Pub. L. 109–284, § 6(7), , 120 Stat. 1212.
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(Pub. L. 107–217, , 116 Stat. 1124; Pub. L. 109–284, § 6(7), , 120 Stat. 1212.)

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