Audit the Pentagon Act of 2021
Summary
Audit the Pentagon Act of 2021 This bill requires defense spending reductions during any fiscal year after FY2022 where the Comptroller of the Department of Defense (DOD) fails to certify that a department, agency, or other element of DOD has achieved an unqualified opinion on its full financial statements. The amount of any reductions must be deposited in the General Fund of the Department of the Treasury and must be available for deficit reduction. The bill excludes from any reductions accounts related to military personnel, reserve personnel, National Guard personnel, and the Defense Health Program. The President may waive a reduction if the President certifies that a reduction would negatively affect (1) national security or members of the Armed Forces who are deployed in combat zones, or (2) the Defense Health Program account.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 30, 2021
Last action Jun 30, 2021
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
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Committee
1
Jun 30, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
lower
Jun 30, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Biggs
RRepublican
Co
David Schweikert
RRepublican
Co
Gwen Moore
DDemocratic
Co
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
Co
Janice D. Schakowsky
DDemocratic
Co
Jared Huffman
DDemocratic
Co
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
DDemocratic
Co
Lauren Boebert
RRepublican
Co
Louie Gohmert
RRepublican
Co
Mark DeSaulnier
DDemocratic
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