S.Amdt. 4203

SA 4203. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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. 1004. REPORT ON PLAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO
OBTAIN AN AUDIT WITH UNQUALIFIED OPINION ON THE
GENERAL FUND STATEMENT OF ITS BUDGETARY
RESOURCES.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution of the
United States requires all agencies of the Federal
Government, including the Department of Defense, to publish
``a regular statement and account of the receipts and
expenditures of all public money''.
(2) Section 3515 of title 31, United States Code, requires
the agencies of the Federal Government, including the
Department of Defense, to present auditable financial
statements beginning not later than March 1, 1997. The
Department has not complied with this law.
(3) The Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of
1996 (31 U.S.C. 3512 note) requires financial systems
acquired by the Federal Government, including the Department
of Defense, to be able to provide information to leaders to
manage and control the cost of Government. The Department has
not complied with this law.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
setting forth a plan to obtain an audit with unqualified
opinion on the general fund statement of the budgetary
resources of the Department of Defense.
(2) Plan elements.--The plan required pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall include the following:
(A) An intent to present auditable financial statements of
the Department.
(B) The date, not later than September 1, 2017, on which
the Department shall be ready to obtain an audit with
unqualified opinion

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on the general fund statement of its budgetary resources.
(C) A description the matters that currently impede the
ability of the Department to be ready as described in
subparagraph (B).
(D) A strategy to address and resolve such matters.
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