S.Amdt. 203

SA 203. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the
following:

SEC. 3__. 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) current procurement practices of the Department of
Defense regarding food for consumption or distribution on
installations of the Department;
(2) efforts by the Department 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;
(3) efforts by the Department of Defense to collaborate
with relevant Federal agencies, including the Department of
Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, and the
Department of Commerce, to procure locally and regionally
produced foods;
(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 of Defense;
(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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