EXPERTISE IN AUDIT REMEDIATION.

SEC. 1002. EXPERTISE IN AUDIT REMEDIATION. (a) Technical Corrections.— (1) Elimination of duplicative section numbers.— (A) In general.—Chapter 9A of title 10, United States Code,is amended by redesignating sections 251 through 254b as sections 240a through 240f, respectively. (B) [10 U.S.C. 240a] Clerical amendments.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapteris amended by striking the items relating to sections 251 through 254b and inserting the following new items: “240a. Audit of Department of Defense financial statements. “240b. Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation Plan. “240c. Audit: consolidated corrective action plan; centralized reporting system. “240d. Audits: audit of financial statements of Department of Defense components by independent external auditors. “240e. Audits: use of commercial data integration and analysis products in preparing audits. “240f. Audits: selection of service providers for audit services.” . (2) Other technical correction.—Section 240b of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by paragraph (1), is amended in subsection (a)(2) by redesignating the second clause (iii) and clause (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively. (b) Additional Requirements for Semiannual Briefing on the Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation Plan.—Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 240b of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Such briefing shall include both the absolute number and percentage of personnel performing the amount of auditing or audit remediation services being performed by professionals meeting the qualifications described in section 240d(b) of this title.”. (c) Additional Reporting Requirements.—Paragraph (1) of such subsection is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following new clauses: “(vii) If less than 50 percent of the auditing services or if less than 50 percent of the audit remediation services under contract, as described in the briefing required under paragraph (2), are being performed by professionals meeting the qualifications described in section 240d(b) of this title, a detailed description of the risks associated with the risks of the acquisition strategy of the Department with respect to conducting audits and audit remediation activities and an explanation of how the strategy complies with the policies expressed by Congress. “(viii) If less than 25 percent of the auditing services or if less than 25 percent of the audit remediation services under contract, as described in the briefing required under paragraph (2), are being performed by professionals meeting the qualifications described in section 240d(b) of this title, a written certification that the staffing ratio complies with commercial best practices and presents no increased risk of delay in the Department’s ability to achieve a clean audit opinion.” ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(C) Additional requirements.— “(i) Unclassified form.—A description submitted pursuant to clause (vii) of subparagraph (B) or a certification submitted pursuant to clause (viii) of such subparagraph shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. “(ii) Delegation.—The Secretary may not delegate the submission of a certification pursuant to clause (viii) of subparagraph (B) to any official other than the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Chief Management Officer, or the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).” .