Sanders Unveils Bill to Force Pentagon to Pass Audit, Citing âFraudâ and âWasteâ Air Force and Navy flight squadrons fly over the Pentagon on May 2, 2020, as part of a collaborative salute from the services to honor health care workers, first responders and other essential personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has introduced a bipartisan bill that would require the Pentagon to pass audits beginning in fiscal year 2022 â or face fines. The Pentagon has never passed an audit. The bill would impose a 1 percent fine on any military and Department of Defense agencies that fail to pass their audits. Sanders introduced the Audit the Pentagon Act of 2021 with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Mike Lee of Utah on Wednesday.