,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #i1     
#bjai,mr4 ,rounds 7for himself and ,mrs4
 ,shaheen7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to modify semiannual     
briefings on the consolidated corrective
 action plan of the ,department of      
,defense for financial management       
information4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,department of 
,defense ,audit ,improvement ,act of    
#bjai4  #b4 ,modification of semiannual 
briefings on the consolidated corrective
 action plan of the ,department of      
,defense for financial management       
information  7a7 ,in general ,paragraph 
7#b7 of section #bdj;b7b7 of title #aj1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended to    
read as following3  7#b7 ,semiannual    
briefings  7,a7 ,in general ,not later  
than ,february #bh and ,september #cj   

each year1 the ,under ,secretary of     
,defense 7,comptroller7 and the         
comptrollers of the military departments
 shall provide a briefing to the        
congressional defense committees on the 
status of the consolidated corrective   
action plan referred to in paragraph    
7#a77;,b77i7 as of the end of the most  
recent calendar half-year ending before 
such briefing4  7,b7 ,elements ,each    
briefing under subparagraph 7,a7 shall  
include the following3 7i7 ,the absolute
 number1 and the percentage1 of         
personnel performing the amount of      
auditing or audit remediation services  
being performed by professionals meeting
 the qualifications described in section
 #bdj;d7b7 of this title as of the last 
day of the calendar half-year covered by
 such briefing4  7ii7 ,with respect to  
each finding and recommendation issued  
in connection with the audit of the     
financial statements of a department1   
agency1 component1 or other element of  
the ,department of ,defense1 or the     

,department of ,defense as a whole1 that
 was received by the ,department during 
the calendar half-year covered by such  
briefing1 each of the following3 7,i7 ,a
 description of the manner in which the 
corrective action plan of such          
department1 agency1 component1 or       
element and the corrective action plan  
of the ,department as a whole1 or the   
corrective action plan of the           
,department as a whole 7in the case of a
 finding or recommendation regarding the
 ,department as a whole71 has been      
modified in order to incorporate such   
finding or recommendation into such     
plans or plan4  7,,ii7 ,an              
identification of the processes1        
systems1 procedures1 and technologies   
required to implement such corrective   
action plans or plan1 as so modified4   
7,,iii7 ,a determination of the funds   
required to procure1 obtain1 or         
otherwise implement each process1       
system1 and technology identified       
pursuant to subclause 7,,ii74  7,,iv7   

,an identification the manner in which  
such corrective action plans or plan1 as
 so modified1 support the ,national     
,defense ,strategy 7,,nds7 of the       
,united ,states4  4  7b7 ,technical     
amendment ,paragraph 7#a77;,b77i7 of    
such section is amended by striking     
section #bec;a and inserting section    
#bdj;c4  7c7 ,effective date ,the       
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
take effect on the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 and shall apply with     
respect to calender half-years that end 
on or after that date4