[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4283. Mr. REID (for Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Durbin)) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill 
S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 E of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 663. LIMITATION ON SALE OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS IN 
                   COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE STORES.

       (a) Limitation.--Section 2484(c) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(4)(A) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Federal Trade Commission, 
     and the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National 
     Institutes of Health, shall establish a definition for a 
     product category for dietary supplements that are considered 
     to be high risk. The dietary supplements included within the 
     product category shall include dietary supplements that are 
     marketed for muscle building, weight loss, and sexual 
     enhancement.
       ``(B) A dietary supplement in the product category of 
     dietary supplements considered to be high risk under 
     subparagraph (A) may be sold by a commissary store or 
     exchange store, or a retail establishment operating on a 
     military installation, only if the dietary supplement has 
     been verified by an independent third party for recognized 
     public standards of identity, purity, strength, and 
     composition, and adherence to related process standards.
       ``(C) The Secretary of Defense and the Commissioner of Food 
     and Drugs shall jointly identify the third parties that may 
     provide verification under subparagraph (B).
       ``(D) In this paragraph, the term `dietary supplement' has 
     the meaning given that term in section 201(ff) of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 15 321(ff).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to 
     sales that occur on or after such effective date.
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