S.Amdt. 309

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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