,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ece  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#ebae  ,report ,no4 #aae-fib  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march 
#h1 #bjah ,mr4 ,bergman 7for himself1   
,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,bost1  
and ,mr4 ,dunn7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,may 
#ba1 #bjah;,additional sponsor3 ,mr4    
,coffman  ,may #ba1 #bjah ,committed to 
the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on  
the ,state of the ,union and ordered to 
be printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 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 officials4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,veterans
 ,affairs ,purchase ,card ,misuse       
,mitigation ,act4  #b4 ,misuse of       
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       

purchase cards by ,department employees 
7a7 ,in general ,chapter #g of title    
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
section3  #gbg4 ,misuse of ,department  
purchase cards  7a7 ,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     
official4 ,such a prohibition shall be  
in addition to any other applicable     
penalty4  7b7 ,misuse ,for purposes of  
this section1 the term misuse means--   
7#a7 splitting purchases2  7#b7         
exceeding applicable purchase card      
limits or purchase thresholds2  7#c7    
purchasing any unauthorized item2  7#d7 
using a purchase card without being an  
authorized purchase card holder2 or     
7#e7 violating ethics standards4  4  7b7
 ,clerical amendment ,the table of      
sections at the beginning of such       

chapter is amended by inserting after   
the item relating to section #gbe the   
following new item3  #gbg4 ,misuse of   
,department purchase cards4  4  ,may    
#ba1 #bjah ,committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed