Sec. 522. Reporting requirements for Antideficiency Act violations
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Section 1351 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— by striking If and inserting
(a)If the Comptroller General, an executive agency, or the District of Columbia government determines that ; by striking violates and inserting has violated ; by inserting and the Attorney General after transmitted to the Comptroller General ; and by adding at the end the following: Any such report shall include a statement of the provision violated, a summary of the facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund account, the amount involved for each violation, the date on which the violation occurred, the position of any officer or employee responsible for the violation, a statement of the administrative discipline imposed and any further action taken with respect to any officer or employee involved in the violation, a statement of any additional action taken to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, a statement of any determination that the violation was not knowing and willful that has been made by the executive agency or District of Columbia government, and any written response by any officer or employee identified by position as involved in the violation. If the Comptroller General issues a legal decision concluding that an officer or employee of an executive agency or of the District of Columbia government has violated section 1341(a) or 1342 and the executive agency or District of Columbia government, as applicable, does not agree that a violation has occurred, the report under subsection
(a)shall explain its position. . Section 1517 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)— by striking If and inserting If the Comptroller General, an executive agency, or the District of Columbia government determines that ; by striking violates and inserting has violated ; and by inserting and the Attorney General after transmitted to the Comptroller General ; and by adding at the end the following: Any such report shall include a statement of the provision violated, a summary of the facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund account, the amount involved for each violation, the date on which the violation occurred, the position of any officer or employee responsible for the violation, a statement of the administrative discipline imposed and any further action taken with respect to any officer or employee involved in the violation, a statement of any additional action taken to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, a statement of any determination that the violation was not knowing and willful that has been made by the executive agency or District of Columbia government, and any written response by any officer or employee identified by position as involved in the violation. If the Comptroller General issues a legal decision concluding that an officer or employee of an executive agency or of the District of Columbia government has violated subsection
(a)and the executive agency or District of Columbia government, as applicable, does not agree that a violation has occurred, the report provided to the President, the Congress, and the Comptroller General will explain its position. .