Sponsor
Raul Ruiz
Representative · D-CA
Representative · D-CA
The bill improves transparency and could bolster domestic food suppliers by requiring regular DOD IG audits and reporting, but it imposes recurring administrative and reporting costs that may divert oversight resources.
Taxpayers and federal employees: The DOD Office of Inspector General will perform quarterly audits and reports on DOD compliance with domestic sourcing law for specified food items, increasing procurement transparency and accountability.
Taxpayers, state governments, and domestic food suppliers: By identifying noncompliance with domestic sourcing requirements, the audits could lead to greater use of domestic suppliers and strengthen domestic food-supply-chain resilience.
Federal employees (DOD OIG staff): Quarterly audits add an ongoing administrative workload and resource demands that could divert OIG time and staff from other oversight activities.
Taxpayers, DOD, and Congress: Frequent compilation and transmission of reports to Congressional committees will create short-term and recurring costs for DOD to produce reports and for Congress to review and act on findings.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Mandates the DoD Inspector General to begin audits within 90 days and then conduct quarterly audits of DoD compliance with 10 U.S.C. § 4862 for specified domestic food items, with reports to Armed Services Committees within 60 days of each audit.
Official title: To improve oversight of Department of Defense compliance with certain requirements for domestic food supply chains, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 28, 2026 by Raul Ruiz · Last progress April 28, 2026
Requires the Department of Defense Inspector General to audit and report on the Pentagon's compliance with existing domestic procurement rules for specified food supply chain items. The IG must start the first audit within 90 days of enactment, then conduct audits quarterly, and deliver each audit's results to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees within 60 days after each audit finishes. The law focuses narrowly on oversight of DoD compliance with 10 U.S.C. § 4862 for certain domestic food items and creates a regular schedule for audits and timely reporting to relevant congressional committees.