40 USC § 611 - Duty to report violations

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title: "40 USC § 611 - Duty to report violations"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "611"
section_name: "Duty to report violations"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "PROPERTY MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MOTOR VEHICLE POOLS AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1124; Pub. L. 109–284, § 6(7), Sept. 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 1212.)"
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# § 611. Duty to report violations

section 641 of title 18section 641 of title 18

During the regular course of the duties of the Administrator of General Services, if the Administrator becomes aware of a violation of section 1343, 1344, or 1349(b) of title 31 or of  involving the conversion by a Federal Government official or employee of a Government-owned or leased motor vehicle to the official or employee’s own use or to the use of others, the Administrator shall report the violation to the head of the agency in which the official or employee is employed, for further investigation and either appropriate disciplinary action under section 1343, 1344, or 1349(b) of title 31 or, if appropriate, referral to the Attorney General for prosecution under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1124; Pub. L. 109–284, § 6(7), Sept. 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 1212.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 611 | 40:491(l). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 211(l), as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 5(c), 64 Stat. 583; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1211, § 2, 68 Stat. 1128. |

The words “section 1343, 1344, or 1349(b) of title 31” are substituted for “, as amended ()” and “such section 5” in section 211() of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 because of  (, ), the first section of which enacted Title 31, United States Code.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006— inserted “of title 31” after “under section 1343, 1344, or 1349(b)” and “of title 18” after “under section 641”.