S.Amdt. 2061
What it does: Adds SEC. 673. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMMISSARY PROGRAM BENEFIT at the end of subtitle F of title VI
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 673. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMMISSARY PROGRAM BENEFIT at the end of subtitle F of title VI
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(B) by striking "that paragraph" and inserting "the applicable paragraph of this subsection".
Inserted: SEC. 673. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMMISSARY PROGRAM BENEFIT.
Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth an analysis and assessment of the Department of Defense commissary program benefit.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
Inserted: (1) A description of the level of Department of Defense funding for the Department of Defense commissary program for each of 10 fiscal years ending with fiscal year 2013.
Inserted: (2) A list of the commissaries not located within 10 miles of either--
Inserted: (A) a chain grocery store of comparable size; or
Inserted: (B) a large commercial store that offers grocery products (including fresh produce) that are comparable to products offered at the nearest commissary.
Inserted: (3) An analysis of the numbers of each type of eligible beneficiary that used the commissaries in the United States during the 10-fiscal year period ending with fiscal year 2013.
Inserted: (4) An assessment of the value of the commissary benefit to beneficiaries of the commissary program, including members of the regular and reserve components of the Armed Forces, military retirees, and their dependents.
Inserted: (5) An assessment of the priority eligible beneficiaries place on the commissary benefit as a recruiting and retention tool for the Armed Forces.
Inserted: (6) An assessment of the priority the Department of Defense places on the commissary benefit as a recruiting and retention tool for the Armed Forces.
Inserted: (7) A comparative assessment of commissary store operations in the United States with commissary store operations at overseas and remote locations, and an assessment of the potential impacts on operations of commissary stores overseas of curtailing commissary stores operations in the United States.
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Inserted: (8) An identification and assessment of operating cost reductions and efficiency that could be achieved by the Defense Commissary Agency without impacting the current benefit levels provided to beneficiaries of the commissary program.
Inserted: (9) An assessment of the potential savings to the Department if commissary operations in the United States were curtailed or otherwise changed.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle F of title VI, add the following:
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SA 2061. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle F of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 673. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMMISSARY PROGRAM BENEFIT.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth an analysis and assessment of the Department of Defense commissary program benefit.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of the level of Department of Defense funding for the Department of Defense commissary program for each of 10 fiscal years ending with fiscal year 2013.
(2) A list of the commissaries not located within 10 miles of either--
(A) a chain grocery store of comparable size; or
(B) a large commercial store that offers grocery products (including fresh produce) that are comparable to products offered at the nearest commissary.
(3) An analysis of the numbers of each type of eligible beneficiary that used the commissaries in the United States during the 10-fiscal year period ending with fiscal year 2013.
(4) An assessment of the value of the commissary benefit to beneficiaries of the commissary program, including members of the regular and reserve components of the Armed Forces, military retirees, and their dependents.
(5) An assessment of the priority eligible beneficiaries place on the commissary benefit as a recruiting and retention tool for the Armed Forces.
(6) An assessment of the priority the Department of Defense places on the commissary benefit as a recruiting and retention tool for the Armed Forces.
(7) A comparative assessment of commissary store operations in the United States with commissary store operations at overseas and remote locations, and an assessment of the potential impacts on operations of commissary stores overseas of curtailing commissary stores operations in the United States.
(8) An identification and assessment of operating cost reductions and efficiency that could be achieved by the Defense Commissary Agency without impacting the current benefit levels provided to beneficiaries of the commissary program.
(9) An assessment of the potential savings to the Department if commissary operations in the United States were curtailed or otherwise changed.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 14, 2013