[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4585-S4586]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 681. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mrs. Ernst, and Mr. Grassley) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 
2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF THE FULL FINANCIAL 
                   STATEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report setting forth the following:
       (1) A description of the work under taken and planned to be 
     undertaken by the Department of Defense, and the military 
     departments, Defense Agencies, and other organizations and 
     elements of the Department, to test and verify transaction 
     data from feeder systems.
       (2) A projected timeline of the Department in connection 
     with the audit of the full financial statements of the 
     Department, including the following:
       (A) The date on which the Department projects the beginning 
     of an audit of the full financial statements of the 
     Department, and the military departments, Defense Agencies, 
     and other organizations and elements of the Department, for a 
     fiscal year.
       (B) The date on which the Department projects the 
     completions of audits of the full financial statements of the 
     Department, and the military departments, Defense Agencies, 
     and other organizations and elements of the Department, for a 
     fiscal year.
       (C) The dates on which the Department expects to obtain an 
     unqualified audit opinion on the full financial statements of 
     the Department, the military departments, the Defense 
     Agencies, and other organizations and elements of the 
     Department for a fiscal year.
       (D) The anticipated total cost of future audits as 
     described in subparagraphs (A) through (C).
       (3) The anticipated annual costs of maintaining an 
     unqualified audit opinion on the

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     full financial statements of the Department, the military 
     departments, the Defense Agencies, and other organizations 
     and elements of the Department for a fiscal year after an 
     unqualified audit opinion on such full financial statements 
     for a fiscal year is first obtained.
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