[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 99 (Thursday, June 14, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3956-S3957]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2905. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Lee) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 
proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) to the bill H.R. 
5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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. 1006. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPENDING REDUCTIONS IN THE 
                   ABSENCE OF AN UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION.

       If during any fiscal year after fiscal year 2022, 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

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     in which such determination is made shall be equal to--
       (A) the amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for 
     such department, agency, or element for the fiscal year; 
     minus, in a manner taken proportionally from each program, 
     project, and activity of such department, agency, or element
       (B) the lesser of--
       (i) an amount equal to 0.5 percent of the amount described 
     in subparagraph (A); or
       (ii) $100,000,000; and
       (2) 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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