[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 309. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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. 1008. INCLUSION OF PROGRESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   IN ACHIEVING AUDITABLE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN 
                   ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT AND 
                   AUDIT REMEDIATION PLAN.

       Section 240b(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(ix) A ranking each of the military departments and 
     Defense Agency in order of its current progress in achieving 
     auditable financial statements as required by law, and for 
     each military department or Defense Agency that is so ranked 
     in the bottom quartile, separate information from the head of 
     such department or Defense Agency on the following:

       ``(I) A description of the material weaknesses of such 
     military department or Defense Agency in achieving auditable 
     financial statements.
       ``(II) The underlying causes of each such weakness.
       ``(III) A plan for remediating each such weakness.''.

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