{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s728","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f728.","heading":"Misuse of Department purchase cards","text":"\u00a7\u202f728.\nMisuse of Department purchase cards\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\n(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.\n(2) Such a prohibition shall be in addition to any other applicable penalty.\n(b)\nMisuse.\u2014\nFor purposes of this section, the term \u201cmisuse\u201d means\u2014\n(1) splitting purchases;\n(2) exceeding applicable purchase card limits or purchase thresholds;\n(3) purchasing any unauthorized item;\n(4) using a purchase card without being an authorized purchase card holder; or\n(5) violating ethics standards.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s728.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s728","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f728."},{"t":"heading","text":"Misuse of Department purchase cards"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s728/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s728/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s728/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" Such a prohibition shall be in addition to any other applicable penalty.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s728/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Misuse.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For purposes of this section, the term \u201cmisuse\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s728/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" splitting purchases;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s728/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" exceeding applicable purchase card limits or purchase thresholds;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s728/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" purchasing any unauthorized item;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s728/b/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" using a purchase card without being an authorized purchase card holder; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s728/b/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" violating ethics standards.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}