Audit the Pentagon Act of 2026

This bill would cut funding for any part of the Department of Defense that does not receive a clean (unqualified) audit opinion on its full financial statements, starting after fiscal year 2025. The cut would be 0.5 percent in the first year of failure and 1.0 percent in later years of failure, spread evenly across that unit's programs. The money cut would go to the Treasury's General Fund for deficit reduction. Military personnel accounts and the Defense Health Program would be excluded, and the President could waive cuts for certain accounts after certifying national security concerns and reporting to Congress.

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Sponsors

• Mark Pocan Democrat sponsor
• 23 cosponsors