US Congress House Bill 942 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-12 - Referred to House Armed Services
Pending: House Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015 This bill reduces discretionary spending by 0.5% for federal agencies that have either not submitted a financial statement for a fiscal year or have submitted a financial statement that has not received an unqualified or a qualified audit opinion by an independent external auditor. The bill excludes specified Department of Defense (DOD) accounts for personnel and the Defense Health Program from the reductions. The President may waive the reductions for any account by certifying that the cuts would harm national security or members of the Armed Forces who are in combat. The bill establishes reporting requirements for the Office of Management and Budget and DOD.

Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015

Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-12	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2015-02-12	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2015-02-12	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-02-12	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/942/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr942/BILLS-114hr942ih.pdf