House adopts Biggs’s amendment to slightly cut defense budget if Pentagon fails to get audit

Summary

The House of Representatives adopted Rep. Andy Biggs’s (R-Ariz.) amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would cut the defense budget by 0.5 percent if the Pentagon fails an audit.  The chamber greenlighted Biggs’s measure via voice vote Tuesday evening. The amendment states that if any component of the Pentagon did not receive either…