S.Amdt. 4856

SA 4856. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 proposed by Mr. Reed 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1054. JOINT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE STUDY ON CHINESE MILITARY AND
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY INFLUENCE IN THE UNITED
STATES AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAIN.

(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with
the Secretary of Agriculture, shall carry out a study
regarding the influence of the Chinese Communist Party and
the People's Liberation Army on the United States
agricultural supply chain. The study shall evaluate the
influence of the Chinese Communist Party and People's
Liberation Army on the importation and United States domestic
production of critical components used for animal feed and
animal nutrition.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall submit
to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and the
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a
report on the results of the study conducted under subsection
(a).
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