S.Amdt. 2905

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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