S.Amdt. 569

SA 569. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1063. REPORT ON FOOD PURCHASING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives and make publicly available on the website of
the Department of Defense a report on the following for each
of fiscal years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022:
(1) The total dollar amount spent by the Department of
Defense on food service operations worldwide for all
personnel, contractors, and families, including all food
service provided at or through--
(A) all facilities, such as combat operations, military
posts, medical facilities;
(B) all vessels (air, land, and sea);
(C) all entertainment and hosting operations such as
officers' clubs and other such facilities; and
(D) all food programs provided to other Federal agencies,
such as the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program of the
Department of Agriculture and the Department of Defense.
(2) The total dollar amount spent by the Department for
each category described in paragraph (1).
(3) The dollar amount spend by the Department for each of--
(A) the 25 largest food service contractors or operators;
and
(B) the top 10 categories of food, such as meat and
poultry, seafood, eggs, dairy product, produce (fruits,
vegetables, and nuts), grains and legumes, and processed and
packaged foods.
(4) The percentage of all food purchased by the Department
that was a product of the United States, pursuant to section
4862 of title 10, United States Code.
(5) The dollar amount of third-party certified and verified
foods (such as USDA Organic, Equitable Food Initiative, Fair
Trade Certified, and other categories determined to be
appropriate by the Secretary) purchased by the Department.
(6) The dollar amount of contracts for food service, food,
or food products entered into by the Department with woman-,
minority-, and veteran-owned businesses.
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