S.Amdt. 448

SA 448. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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 end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENT USE AMONG
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

It is the sense of the Congress that--
(1) the Secretary of Defense should be commended for the
Department of Defense Instruction 6130.06 titled ``Use of
Dietary Supplements in the DoD'', which includes requirements
for the provision of dietary supplement safety education to
members of the Armed Forces and health care providers of the
Department of Defense for the prevention of serious medical
complications related to use of dietary supplements; and

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(2) to support the implementation of that Instruction,
robust funding should be secured for the Operation Supplement
Safety program of the Department for the purpose of
broadening education efforts for members of the Armed Forces
and health care providers of the Department by facilitating
technological advancements and other improvements to--
(A) the mobile application under that program commonly
referred to as the ``Operation Supplement Safety App''; and
(B) the ingredient database under that program.
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