(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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