[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5215 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5215


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2018

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to prohibit employees found to have knowingly misused 
Department of Veterans Affairs purchase cards from serving as purchase 
                  card holders or approving officials.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Affairs Purchase Card 
Misuse Mitigation Act''.

SEC. 2. MISUSE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PURCHASE CARDS BY 
              DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 727. Misuse of Department purchase cards
    ``(a) In General.--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. 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.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
725 the following new item:

``727. Misuse of Department purchase cards.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.