[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 722. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Markey, Mr. Lee, 
Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Warren, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Braun, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Merkley, 
and Mr. Paul) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. 1005. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPENDING REDUCTIONS IN THE 
                   ABSENCE OF AN UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION.

       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 1.0 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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