Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023
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Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023
This bill requires defense spending reductions during any fiscal year after FY2022 where the Comptroller of the Department of Defense (DOD) fails to certify that a department, agency, or other element of DOD has achieved an unqualified opinion on its full financial statements. The amount of any reductions must be deposited in the Treasury and must be available for deficit reduction.
The bill excludes from any reductions accounts related to military personnel, reserve personnel, National Guard personnel, and the Defense Health Program.
The President may waive a reduction if the President certifies that a reduction would negatively affect (1) national security or members of the Armed Forces who are deployed in combat zones, or (2) the Defense Health Program account.
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2961: Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2961/
"H.R. 2961: Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2961/.
H.R. 2961, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2961/.
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