[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5185 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5185

                To provide for auditing of the Pentagon.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 2026

Mr. Sanders (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. 
 Warren, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, Mr. Markey, Mr. Lee, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
Paul, Mr. Murphy, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; which 
     was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
                To provide for auditing of the Pentagon.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Audit the Pentagon Act''.

SEC. 2. AUDITING THE PENTAGON.

    If during any fiscal year after fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 
Defense determines that a department, agency, or other element of the 
Department of Defense has not achieved an unqualified opinion on its 
full financial statements for the calendar year ending during such 
fiscal year--
            (1) the amount available to such department, agency, or 
        element for the fiscal year in which such determination is made 
        shall be equal to the amount otherwise authorized to be 
        appropriated minus 2.0 percent;
            (2) the amount unavailable to such department, agency, or 
        element for that fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be 
        applied on a pro rata basis against each program, project, and 
        activity of such department, agency, or element in that fiscal 
        year; and
            (3) the Secretary shall deposit in the general fund of the 
        Treasury for purposes of deficit reduction all amounts 
        unavailable to departments, agencies, and elements of the 
        Department in the fiscal year pursuant to determinations made 
        under paragraph (1).
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