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HR 2040 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Accounting and auditing Defense spending Department of Defense Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations

Defense Spending Accountability Act

Introduced: April 6, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Apr 6, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 6, 2017
Introduced in House
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Defense Spending Accountability Act

This bill imposes on the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense [DOD]), the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), and the Chief Management Officer of each of the military departments: (1) a 5% pay cut if certain financial statements are not validated as ready for audit by September 30, 2017, and (2) a 10% pay cut if such statements for FY2018 are not ready for audit by March 31, 2019.

The bill prescribes the following due process protections for such officials: (1) notice and opportunity to respond, and (2) appeal rights.

What's happening now April 6, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
Blum, Rod
· Jul 11, 2017
 R
Bergman, Jack
Michigan · May 24, 2017
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Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · May 17, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2040: Defense Spending Accountability Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2040/
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"H.R. 2040: Defense Spending Accountability Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2040/.
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H.R. 2040, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2040/.
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