S.Amdt. 2868

SA 2868. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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__. IMPLEMENTATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF FOOD
SERVICE GUIDELINES FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES.

The Secretary of Defense shall, through the Defense
Logistics Agency and other applicable contracts for
subsistence items, implement the Food Service Guidelines for
Federal Facilities issued by the Department of Health and
Human Services at all facilities of the Department of
Defense, including by ensuring--
(1) the choice of a nutritious, protein-rich, plant-based,
full-service entree option at each meal; and
(2) nutritious, protein-rich, plant-based food options in
all rations, including meals ready-to-eat (MREs).
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