S.Amdt. 4761

SA 4761. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 III, add the following:

SEC. 376. REPORT ON INITIATIVES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO
SOURCE LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY PRODUCED FOODS
FOR INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

(a) In General.--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 appropriate committees of
Congress a report detailing--
(1) efforts by the Department of Defense to establish and
strengthen ``farm to base'' initiatives to source locally and
regionally produced foods, including seafood, for consumption
or distribution at installations of the Department;
(2) efforts by the Department to collaborate with relevant
Federal agencies, including the Department of Veterans
Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of
Commerce, in efforts to procure locally and regionally
produced foods;
(3) current procurement practices of the Department of
Defense regarding food for consumption or distribution on
installations of the Department;
(4) opportunities where procurement of locally and
regionally produced foods would be beneficial to members of
the Armed Forces, their families, military readiness by
improving health outcomes, and farmers near installations of
the Department;
(5) barriers currently preventing the Department from
increasing procurement of locally and regionally produced
foods or preventing producers from partnering with nearby
installations of the Department; and
(6) recommendations for how the Department can improve
procurement practices to increase offerings of locally and
regionally produced foods.
(b) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Natural Resources, and the Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Representatives.
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