S.Amdt. 4283

SA 4283. Mr. REID (for Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Durbin))
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill
S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 E of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 663. LIMITATION ON SALE OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS IN
COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE STORES.

(a) Limitation.--Section 2484(c) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(4)(A) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Federal Trade Commission,
and the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National
Institutes of Health, shall establish a definition for a
product category for dietary supplements that are considered
to be high risk. The dietary supplements included within the
product category shall include dietary supplements that are
marketed for muscle building, weight loss, and sexual
enhancement.
``(B) A dietary supplement in the product category of
dietary supplements considered to be high risk under
subparagraph (A) may be sold by a commissary store or
exchange store, or a retail establishment operating on a
military installation, only if the dietary supplement has
been verified by an independent third party for recognized
public standards of identity, purity, strength, and
composition, and adherence to related process standards.
``(C) The Secretary of Defense and the Commissioner of Food
and Drugs shall jointly identify the third parties that may
provide verification under subparagraph (B).
``(D) In this paragraph, the term `dietary supplement' has
the meaning given that term in section 201(ff) of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 15 321(ff).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to
sales that occur on or after such effective date.
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