To impose consequences on the Department of Defense for any failure to meet statutory deadlines for validation of financial statements of the Department of Defense as ready for audit and for completion of a full audit on financial statements of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018.
USA115th CongressHR-2040| House
| Updated: 4/6/2017
Jason Lewis
Republican Representative
Minnesota
Cosponsors (10)
Armed Services Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National Security
Accounting and auditingDefense spendingDepartment of DefenseExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigations
To impose consequences on the Department of Defense for any failure to meet statutory deadlines for validation of financial statements of the Department of Defense as ready for audit and for completion of a full audit on financial statements of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018.
USA115th CongressHR-2040| House
| Updated: 4/6/2017
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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jason Lewis
Republican Representative
Minnesota
Cosponsors (10)
Armed Services Committee
Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Accounting and auditingDefense spendingDepartment of DefenseExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigations