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Audit the Pentagon Act

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What this bill does

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This bill says that any part of the Department of Defense that fails to pass a clean financial audit must have its budget cut by 2%. That 2% cut would be spread evenly across all of that part's programs and projects. The money saved from these cuts would be sent to the U.S. Treasury to help reduce the national deficit.

Introduced

July 30, 2026

Policy Area

Armed Forces and National Security

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