S.Amdt. 722

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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