S.Amdt. 569

SA 569. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2018 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 D of title VI, add the following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON USE OF SECOND-DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION
TO TRANSPORT FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES TO
COMMISSARIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.

(a) Report Required.--In accordance with the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law
114-328) and recommendations in the report of the Inspector
General of the Department of Defense dated February 28, 2017,
regarding Pacific Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (FFV), the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report setting forth the following:
(1) A description of the costs of using second-destination
transportation (SDT) to transport fresh fruit and vegetables
to commissaries in Asia and the Pacific in each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2017.
(2) Recommendations for innovative, locally-sourced
alternatives to use of second-destination transportation in
order to supply fresh fruit and vegetables to commissaries in
Asia and the Pacific.
(b) Submittal Date.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall be submitted not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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