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[CITE: 10USC2784]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
             CHAPTER 165--ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
 
Sec. 2784. Management of credit cards

    (a) Management of Credit Cards.--The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), shall prescribe 
regulations governing the use and control of all credit cards and 
convenience checks that are issued to Department of Defense personnel 
for official use. Those regulations shall be consistent with regulations 
that apply Government-wide regarding use of credit cards by Government 
personnel for official purposes.
    (b) Required Safeguards and Internal Controls.--Regulations under 
subsection (a) shall include safeguards and internal controls to ensure 
the following:
        (1) That there is a record in the Department of Defense of each 
    holder of a credit card issued by the Department of Defense for 
    official use, annotated with the limitations on amounts that are 
    applicable to the use of each such card by that credit card holder.
        (2) That the holder of a credit card and each official with 
    authority to authorize expenditures charged to the credit card are 
    responsible for--
            (A) reconciling the charges appearing on each statement of 
        account for that credit card with receipts and other supporting 
        documentation; and
            (B) forwarding that statement after being so reconciled to 
        the designated disbursing office in a timely manner.

        (3) That any disputed credit card charge, and any discrepancy 
    between a receipt and other supporting documentation and the credit 
    card statement of account, is resolved in the manner prescribed in 
    the applicable Government-wide credit card contract entered into by 
    the Administrator of General Services.
        (4) That payments on credit card accounts are made promptly 
    within prescribed deadlines to avoid interest penalties.
        (5) That rebates and refunds based on prompt payment on credit 
    card accounts are properly recorded.
        (6) That records of each credit card transaction (including 
    records on associated contracts, reports, accounts, and invoices) 
    are retained in accordance with standard Government policies on the 
    disposition of records.

(Added Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title IX, Sec. 933(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 
113 Stat. 728.)


                               Regulations

    Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title IX, Sec. 933(b)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 730, provided that: ``Regulations under section 2784 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be prescribed not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 
1999].''
