(a) In General.—
Not later than January 30 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes a ranking of all of the military departments and Defense Agencies in order of how advanced each such department and Agency is in achieving auditable financial statements, as required by law. In preparing the report, the Secretary shall seek to exclude information that is otherwise available in other reports to Congress.
(b) Bottom Quartile.—Not later than June 30 of each year, the head of each of the military departments and Defense Agencies that were ranked in the bottom quartile of the report submitted under subsection (a) for that year shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the following information for that military department or Defense Agency:
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The total number of open audit notices of findings and recommendations (hereinafter referred to as “NFRs”) for the most recently concluded fiscal year and the preceding two fiscal years, where applicable.
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The number of NFRs that were previously forecasted to be closed during the most recently concluded fiscal year that remain open.