Audit the Pentagon Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7555 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7555 To ensure that the Department of Defense achieves a clean audit opinion on its financial statements, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 12, 2026 Mr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Ms. Omar, Ms. Simon, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Norton, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Foushee, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Ms. Jayapal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ensure that the Department of Defense achieves a clean audit opinion on its financial statements, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Audit the Pentagon Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. (1) The Pentagon failed its 8th consecutive audit in December 2025. (2) In November 2023, upon failure of its 6th consecutive audit, the Pentagon was unable to account for hundreds of billions of dollars, accounting for 63 percent of its nearly $4 trillion in assets. SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) as the overall defense budget is cut, the congressional defense committees and the Department of Defense should not endanger the Armed Forces by reducing wounded warrior accounts or vital protection (such as body armor) for members of the Armed Forces serving in harm's way; (2) the valuation of legacy assets by the Department of Defense should be simplified without compromising essential controls or generally accepted go