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Janice Schakowsky: I would like to speak in favor of the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of…

On the recordMay 25, 2011
I would like to speak in favor of the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new section: SEC. 1068. FREEZE IN BUDGET OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNTIL UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINIONS ACHIEVED. (a) Freeze.-- (1) In general.--Unless and until the requirement specified in paragraph (2) is met for the entire Department of Defense, except as provided in subsection (b), the aggregate amount of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for military functions administered by the Department of Defense (other than the functions excluded by subsection (c)) for a fiscal year may not exceed-- (A) in the case of fiscal year 2012, the aggregate amount of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for military functions administered by the Department of Defense (other than the functions excluded by subsection (b)) for fiscal year 2011; and (B) in each fiscal year after fiscal year 2012, the aggregate amount of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for such functions for the previous fiscal year. (2) Requirement for unqualified audit opinion.--The requirement of this paragraph is that the Department of Defense (including every major Pentagon component and every major defense acquisition program of the Department) is certified by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense or an independent public accountant as achieving an unqualified audit opinion.…
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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May 25, 2011

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