3.0.0 300 2023-01-11T13:28:48Z 2023-01-11T13:28:48Z Senate S 2015-01-29 114 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-29T16:11:07Z Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015 114 327 S 2015-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Identical bill CRS 2015-01-29 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2015-01-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2015-01-29 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2015-01-29 True Armed Forces and National Security Accounting and auditing Appropriations Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Defense spending Department of Defense Department of the Treasury Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Military procurement, research, weapons development Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-01-29 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-22T20:16:38Z Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015

This bill establishes consequences if the Department of Defense (DOD) fails to obtain an audit with an unqualified opinion of its financial statements. The bill provides additional authorities and flexibility if DOD obtains an audit.

If DOD obtains the audit, the bill provides that the financial statements are no longer covered by specified reporting requirements. The bill also authorizes DOD to transfer and reprogram specified funds.

If DOD fails to obtains an audit for FY2016, the bill establishes additional qualifications for the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and other specified DOD financial management officials. The bill also permits the Deputy Secretary of Defense to prescribe additional duties and powers for the officials.

If DOD does not obtain an audit for FY2018, the bill: (1) cancels the transfer authority provided by this Act, (2) establishes a Chief Management Officer to be responsible for the management and administration of DOD, and (3) transfers jurisdiction of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service from DOD to the Department of the Treasury.

For failing to obtain an audit for fiscal years after FY2017, the bill cancels the reprogramming authority provided by this Act and prohibits DOD from using funds for certain weapons, weapons systems, or platforms being acquired as a major defense acquisition program.

The bill requires DOD to amend acquisition guidance to place specified restrictions and limitations on the procurement of certain Enterprise Resource Planning business systems.

]]> Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015 Display Title Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for auditable financial statements for the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s300is/xml/BILLS-114s300is.xml 2015-01-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.