Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023
Latest action · Apr 27, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 27, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2023 to Dec 20, 2024; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | May 2, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | May 2, 2023 | |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | May 2, 2023 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Feb 5, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Jul 8, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 8, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Aug 9, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Aug 9, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Nov 22, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Dec 18, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Dec 20, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Apr 27, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 71, April 27, 2023, page H2087.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4272 | Audit the Pentagon Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Jun 30, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure that the Department of Defense achieves a clean audit opinion on its financial statements, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
