{"data":{"id":"us/38-u.s.c.-728","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 U.S.C. § 728","heading":"Misuse of Department purchase cards","body":"(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.","path":["Title 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS","CHAPTER 7—EMPLOYEES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc38@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:35Z","sha256":"ba9274ffdfdd20fbbe2d6c02fd3e6e9dfc0711eac1c0d771ff318a3842fa261a","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/38-u.s.c.-727","next":"us/38-u.s.c.-731"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}